MEDLEN v. STATE

No. 81-CA-2437.

418 So.2d 618 (1982)

Honorable Richard A. MEDLEN, Marshal, City Court of Plaquemine, La., et al. v. The STATE of Louisiana, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Dupont, Dupont, Dupont & Dupont, Plaquemine, Milton Osborne, Jr., City Prosecutor, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Jack T. Marionneaux, Asst. Dist. Atty., James P. Dore, Borron, Delahaye, Dupont, Edward & Dore, Plaquemine, Carmack M. Blackmon, Mary Catherine Cali, Asst. Attys. Gen., Prentice L. G. Smith, Jr., Smith & Smith, Baker, for defendants-appellants.


LEMMON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Louisiana and other defendants from a judgment declaring unconstitutional R.S. 13:2488.61 B, as enacted by Act 456 of 1972, and R.S. 13:2488.61 et seq., as enacted by Act 498 of 1980. The judgment in favor of the Marshal of the City Court of Plaquemine also declared that the City Court of Plaquemine had lawful existence under R.S. 13:1872 and 1951 and that the court's territorial jurisdiction consisted of all of Wards...

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