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SONIAT v. BARTHELEMY

No. C-1112.

436 So.2d 707 (1983)

Llewellyn SONIAT, Patricia Leonard, Jerome Glazer, Philip Baptiste, George Ethel Warren, Betty Solomon and Reverend W.E. Hausey v. Councilman Sidney J. BARTHELEMY, Councilman Joseph I. Giarrusso, Councilman Bryan Wagner, Councilman James Singleton, Councilman Mike Early, Councilman Lambert Boissiere, Jr., Councilperson Wayne Babovich, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Keller, New Orleans, Edwin A. Stoutz, Jr., New Orleans, for relators.

Okla Jones, II, Ronald P. Nabonne, Walter J. Wilkerson, New Orleans, for respondents.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald C. Davis, Lois C. Davis, Asst. Attys. Gen., New Orleans, for registrar of voters.

Before GULOTTA, CIACCIO and WILLIAMS, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

This mandamus suit is before this court on certiorari.

This litigation involves a petition to amend the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans by deleting the prohibition in Sec. 4-201 against a Mayor who has served two full consecutive terms from succeeding himself.1

The Charter provides for amendments by an affirmative vote of a majority of qualified electors...

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