CARRERE v. CASTANO

No. 12335.

395 So.2d 949 (1981)

Hillary CARRERE v. Peter CASTANO, Respondent-Contestee, and Edwin Lombard, Clerk of Criminal District Court.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew H. Greenbaum, Fawer & Greenbaum, Bernard L. Charbonnet, Jr., New Orleans, for respondents-appellees.

Stephen B. Murray and Kern A. Reese, Murray, Murray, Ellis, Braden & Landry, Bruce McConduit, New Orleans, for petitioner-appellant.

Before SCHOTT, CHEHARDY and KLIEBERT, JJ.


SCHOTT, Judge.

Plaintiff, a qualified elector of District D, of the City of New Orleans, brought this action pursuant to LSA-R.S. 18:1401 et seq., objecting to the candidacy of defendant Peter Castano for the office of Councilman, District D, of the City of New Orleans. Plaintiff has appealed from a dismissal of his suit. The issue is whether defendant meets the residency requirements of the City Charter to qualify as a candidate in the election.

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