PEOPLE POWER v. SEWERAGE AND WATER BD. OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 8288.

349 So.2d 407 (1977)

PEOPLE POWER, Treme Community Improvement Association, St. Bernard Community Center, St. Mary's Community Center v. SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1977.

Writ Refused November 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Huard, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants, People Power, et al.

John A. Gordon, Vincent T. LoCoco and Richard M. Olsen, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Jane Johnson, New Orleans, amicus curiae, for Ass'n of Community Organizations for Reform Now, et als.

Before SAMUEL, GULOTTA and BOUTALL, JJ.


SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing their suit against the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans for a writ of quo warranto and other relief relative to an alleged invalid 28% water rate increase to private consumers adopted by the defendant on April 14, 1976.

With the exception of the fact that there are different plaintiffs in the two suits, in all material respects the issues involved and the relief sought in this matter are identical...

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