FRATERNAL ORDER, ETC. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 12340.

409 So.2d 411 (1982)

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE CRESCENT CITY LODGE NO. 2, William Roth, William Patin, Ronald Kennedy, Ira Austin, Sr., John Graham and Patricia Childress v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, the City Civil Service Commission of New Orleans, and the New Orleans Police Department.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted March 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Angelico, Hess & Washofsky, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Salvador Anzelmo, City Atty., Galen S. Brown, Deputy City Atty., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before SCHOTT, GARRISON and KLEES, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action seeking to recover additional wages allegedly due them since January 1, 1971, under Article 14, Section 25 of the Constitution of 1921, which provided for the City of New Orleans to levy a special property tax, the proceeds of which were to be used exclusively for the purpose of an increase in pay of the officers of both the Fire Department and Police Department.

Plaintiffs complain that the portion of the millage...

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