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PLAQUEMINES PARISH COM'N COUNCIL v. PEREZ

No. 66274.

379 So.2d 1373 (1980)

PLAQUEMINES PARISH COMMISSION COUNCIL and Chalin O. Perez v. Leander H. PEREZ, Jr., District Attorney.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerald N. Andry, Gilbert V. Andry, III, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

J. Minos Simon, J. Minos Simon, Ltd., Lafayette, for plaintiff-respondent.

Abbott J. Reeves, Gretna, Director, Research and Appeals, 24th Judicial Dist. Court, amicus curiae for Louisiana Dist. Attys. Ass'n.

DIXON, Justice.

Plaintiffs in this case are the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council, which constitutes the governing body of that parish, and the council's president, Chalin O. Perez, brother of defendant district attorney. In July of 1979, plaintiffs learned (according to their petition) of the theft of more than $200,000 of public funds by Michael M. Chauppette, a council employee whose official duties included the keeping of some public records. Chauppette is...

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