MURRILL v. EDWARDS

No. 92 CA 1758.

613 So.2d 185 (1992)

M. Melvin MURRILL, M.D., John J. Hainkel, Jr., Francis E. "Hank" Lauricella, Garey J. Forster, and Mitchell J. Landrieu v. Edwin W. EDWARDS, Governor of the State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied March 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Olive Pierson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant 1st M. Melvin Murrill, M.D., et al. and intervenor-appellant 2nd Sidney Duplessis, Mickey LaBorde, Julius McLaurin, Donald R. Mintz, Cynthia G. Montgomery, Antoinette Simmons.

Albert I. Donovan, Jr., Charles William Roberts, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Governor Edwin W. Edwards.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and CRAIN and FOIL, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

The issue in this appeal is the constitutional authority of the Governor of the State of Louisiana to make or not make certain appointments.

This is a mandamus proceeding instituted by M. Melvin Murrill, M.D., and the Honorables John J. Hainkel, Jr., Francis E. "Hank" Lauricella, Garey J. Forster, and Mitchell J. Landrieu1 against the Honorable Edwin W. Edwards...

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