BOUGERE v. EDWARDS

No. 87-CA-825.

517 So.2d 351 (1987)

Gary M. BOUGERE, Mayor of Harahan v. Edwin EDWARDS, Governor, James H. "Jim" Brown, Secretary of State and Jerry M. Fowler, Commissioner of Elections.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Fiasconaro, Fiasconaro & Fiasconaro, Regel L. Bisso, Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Salvador Anezelmo, New Orleans, William Bassett, Jr., Metairie, for intervenors.

Before CHEHARDY, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is a suit by the Mayor of the City of Harahan, Parish of Jefferson, contesting the validity of a proposed election to recall him. The district court dismissed his petition for failure to state a cause of action. The Mayor has appealed.

Because our Supreme Court held, on a previous writ application, that this matter is subject to the procedural provisions of the Louisiana Election Code, we have granted an expedited hearing and have rendered...

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