CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. POLICE ASS'N OF LA.

No. 10368.

369 So.2d 188 (1979)

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Ernest N. Morial, Reynard J. Rochon and James C. Parsons v. POLICE ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA, TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 253, Vincent J. Bruno, Peter L. Dale, Anthony W. Cannatella, David S. Bordelon, John W. Willoughby, Donald S. Lally, Louis J. Shaw, III, and all other Employees of the Department of Police of the City of New Orleans, whose names are not known at this time, who are acting in concert with the other named Defendants herein.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Hoffman, City Atty., Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr., Galen S. Brown, Deborah C. Ziegler, Asst. City Attys., for plaintiffs.

Sidney M. Bach, New Orleans (John W. Ormond, New Orleans, of counsel), for defendants.

Many, Lococo & Dwyer, Ralph D. Dwyer, Jr., New Orleans, for intervenor (Civil Service Commission of The City of New Orleans).

Sanders, Downing, Kean & Cazedessus, R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Baton Rouge, for amicus curiae (Louisiana Municipal Association).

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and GULOTTA, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The Civil District Court preliminarily enjoined a strike by a union of police officers against the City of New Orleans, reasoning that the police have no right to strike. We granted a writ of review to decide that question because no Louisiana statutory law or decision of an appellate court has done so.

In other states, every court that has considered the question has decided that, in the absence of a statute governing public employee strikes,...

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