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BELLON v. DESHOTEL

No. 7000.

370 So.2d 221 (1979)

Harold Joseph BELLON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dr. Robert "Bobby" DESHOTEL et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clanton & Johnson by John W. Johnson, Eunice, J. William Pucheu, Ville Platte and A. Bruce Rozas, Mamou, for defendants-appellants.

Donald Soileau, Mamou, for plaintiff-appellee.

Tommy D. Teague, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee.

Before WATSON, CUTRER and SWIFT, JJ.

WATSON, Judge.

The first issue presented by this suit is the validity under the United States Constitution of LSA-R.S. 42:31.1, specifically § B(2), which prohibits dual officeholding in the following language:

"No person shall at the same time hold more than one elective office in the government of the state of Louisiana, in the government of a political subdivision of the state, or in a combination of these."

If the statute is constitutional...

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