AMISS v. DUMAS

No. 14497.

411 So.2d 1137 (1982)

J. Al AMISS, Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish v. W. W. DUMAS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad S. Adkins, William H. Cooper, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant J. Al Amiss, Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish.

Frank J. Gremillion, Asst. Parish Atty., Walter G. Monsour, Jr., Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees W. W. Dumas, Mayor-President; The City-Parish Council: Edgar L. Watts, Johnny Dykes, William T. Winnfield, Rev. T. J. Jemison, Stanley Gross, Dr. C. P. "Tony" Currier, Earl Day, Jewel Newman, Earl Harrison, George Dabbs, Michael Robique, Pearl George, Howard Marcellus, Carl Crane; City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Before CHIASSON, EDWARDS and LEAR, JJ.


CHIASSON, Judge.

This action was instituted by Sheriff J. Al Amiss, plaintiff-appellant, seeking a declaratory judgment defining the duties and obligations of his office and that of the City-Parish Council of East Baton Rouge Parish concerning the operation of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Made defendants are the Mayor-President and the members of the City-Parish Council, defendants-appellees, for the City of Baton...

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