PARENT-COMMUNITY ALLIANCE v. ORLEANS PARISH SCH. BD.

No. 11570.

385 So.2d 33 (1980)

PARENT-COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION, INC., the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Society, Inc., Nate Phipps, Carl Galmon, and Rev. Sylvester Lyle, Sr. v. The ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Refused June 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lolis E. Elie, Okla Jones, II, Walter J. Wilkerson, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Polack, Rosenberg, Rittenberg & Endom, Franklin V. Endom, Jr. and Samuel I. Rosenberg, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Emile C. Rolfs, III and Stephen H. Vogt, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae, Sigma Delta Chi.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Frank M. Coates, Jr., Baton Rouge, amicus curiae, Capital City Press, Inc.

Jeff McHugh David, Denham Springs, Claire M. Goldsworthy, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae, Louisiana Press Association.

Before SAMUEL, SCHOTT and SARTAIN, JJ.


SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this suit against the Orleans Parish School Board seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from the Board's alleged non-compliance with some of the provisions of R.S. 42:4.1 through 42:9 (the "Open Meeting Law") during the Board's proceedings to select a superintendent of the Orleans public schools. Following a full summary hearing on the merits there was judgment in favor of the defendant, dismissing plaintiffs' suit, and in favor...

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