ARNOLD v. BOARD OF LEVEE COMMISSIONERS, ETC.

No. 9328.

359 So.2d 748 (1978)

Henry ARNOLD and John F. Robbert v. The BOARD OF LEVEE COMMISSIONERS OF the ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT, Guy Lemieux, the F. Edward Hebert Foundation, and Ernest A. Carrere, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1978.

Writs Granted June 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Robbert, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, John W. Haygood and Lucius F. Suthon, New Orleans, for The F. Edward Hebert Foundation, defendant-appellant.

McGinity & McGinity, Richard J. McGinity, New Orleans, for The Board of Levee Commissioners Orleans Levee District, defendant-appellant.

Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Carlos G. Spaht and Sidney M. Blitzer, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Gulf South Research Institute, amicus curiae.

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Nathan T. Gisclair, Jr., and Omer F. Kuebel, Jr., New Orleans, for Lake Forest, Inc., amicus curiae.

Before REDMANN, STOULIG and SCHOTT, JJ.


STOULIG, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment that nullifies a contract of lease between the Board of Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District and the F. Edward Hebert Foundation for noncompliance with the public lease law (R.S. 41:1211 et seq.). The defendants were also enjoined from proceeding on this site with construction of the proposed F. Edward Hebert Memorial Library.

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