MORIAL v. COUNCIL OF CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 12164.

413 So.2d 185 (1982)

Ernest N. MORIAL v. COUNCIL OF the CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, and Sidney J. Barthelemy, Joseph I. Giarrusso, Frank Friedler, Jr., James M. Singleton, Mike Early, Brod Bagert, Philip C. Ciaccio, Individually and in Their Official Capacities as Members of The Council of the City of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Barsh & Hunter (APLC), New Orleans, Donald A. Hoffman, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Arthur A. Lemann, III, and Ronald P. Nabonne, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Sidney M. Bach, Gerald Wasserman, Clyde P. Martin, Jr., New Orleans, for intervenor-appellee.

Before GULOTTA, GARRISON and BARRY, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

This appeal concerns the constitutionality of an ordinance enacted by the New Orleans City Council which requires the City to withhold from the salary of any requesting City employee "dues or other expenses to any organization to which he belongs or to which he incurs expense [sic] which are related to his employment with the city...".

Mayor Morial vetoed the ordinance and by a five to two vote the Council overrode the veto and the ordinance...

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