MYERS v. CITY OF LAFAYETTE

No. 87-1128.

537 So.2d 1269 (1989)

Linda MYERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF LAFAYETTE and State of Louisiana Through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control; XYZ Defendant(s); ABC Insurance Carrier; Dudley Lastrapes, Mayor of the City of Lafayette, and Michael W. Russell, Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety and Correction, Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia R. Cooks, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael W. Russell, Baton Rouge, Voorhies & Labbe, Michael D. Hebert, Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before STOKER, LABORDE and KING, JJ.


KING, Judge.

There are two issues presented by this appeal. The first issue is whether the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, LSA-R.S. 26:1 et seq.1 imposed a ministerial duty, which plaintiff could enforce by mandamus, on defendants to issue plaintiff alcoholic beverage permits. The second issue is whether plaintiff was barred by res judicata from seeking other relief in a subsequent action, after receiving an adverse ruling in a...

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