JACKSON v. HOUSING AUTH. OF NEW ORLEANS

No. CA-7150.

514 So.2d 628 (1987)

Barbara JACKSON v. The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR the HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied December 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Endesha Jua Kali, New Orleans, and Vince A. Bartholomew, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp., New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Perrin C. Butler, Perrin Butler, Ltd., Metairie, for appellant.

Stephen M. Bernstein, O'Keefe, O'Keefe, LaHatte & Bernstein, New Orleans, for defendant/appellee.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is an appeal by Sidney Cates III from a decision finding that the Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority of New Orleans ["Board] violated the "Open Meetings Law" (La. R.S. 42:4.1 et seq) in awarding him an employment contract.

A meeting of the Board was scheduled on January 9, 1986. Based upon the testimony of numerous witnesses at trial, a rumor circulated prior to that meeting that the Board would discuss entering into...

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