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REED v. WASHINGTON PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 87-C-2468.

518 So.2d 1044 (1988)

Walter P. REED, As District Attorney for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington, v. WASHINGTON PARISH POLICE JURY, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Reed, Dist. Atty., Harry P. Pastuszek, Lane Carson, Stephen J. Caire, Asst. Dist. Attys., for applicant.

John N. Gallaspy, Bogalusa, for respondent.

E. Pete Adams, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae for The Louisiana District Attorneys Ass'n, Inc.

COLE, Justice.

This is a mandamus action by a district attorney to compel a police jury to reimburse his office for operational expenses. The issue presented is whether La.R.S. 16:6 imposes a mandatory duty on a police jury to fund the itemized expenses set forth in the statute. La.R.S. 16:6 provides:

Reimbursement for expenses; payment by police juries The district attorneys of this state, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall be entitled to an...

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