NEWMAN v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

No. 14003.

392 So.2d 100 (1980)

Jewel J. NEWMAN v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freddie Pitcher, Jr., Donald R. Avery, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Jewel J. Newman.

A. Foster Sanders, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant intervenor Edgar L. Watts, Jr.

Walter G. Monsour, Jr., Parish Atty., Larry S. Bankston, Asst. Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees, City of Baton Rouge Democratic Executive Committee, Larry Bankston, Chairman Board of Supervisors of Elections, Nathaniel Bankston, Chairman Board of Supervisors of Elections, H. M. "Mike" Cannon, Secretary and in his official capacity as E. B. R. Parish Clerk of Court.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, State of Louisiana, James H. "Jim" Brown, Sec. of State.

Before ELLIS, COVINGTON, LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, Jewel J. Newman, has filed suit seeking judgment declaring the September 13, 1980 primary election for Councilman for Ward One, District One for the Parish of East Baton Rouge violative of his rights under the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, and for injunctive relief enjoining the conducting of the September 13 election for Councilman for Ward One, District One.

Plaintiff, Newman, is the incumbent councilman from Ward Two, District...

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