BD. OF COM'RS OF ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT v. CONNICK

No. 94-C-3161.

654 So.2d 1073 (1995)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF the ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT v. Harry F. CONNICK, as District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira J. Middleberg, Alan D. Weinberger, Rebecca J. King, Middleberg, Riddle & Gianna; John Wilson Reed, J.E. Smith, Graymond F. Martin, Charles W. Salley, Ira J. Rosenzweig, Hon. William J. Guste, Jr., Lewis O. Unglesby, Arthur A. Lemann, III, for applicant.

William F. Wessel, Mark D. Pethke, Camille B. Tifft, James A. Smith, II, for respondent.

Ellis P. Adams, Jr., for amicus curiae, Louisiana Dist. Attys. Ass'n.

Joseph P. Brantley, IV, for amicus curiae, Louisiana Casino Cruises.


CALOGERO, Chief Justice.*

This case arises out of an action for declaratory and injunctive relief filed by the Board of Commissioners for the Orleans Levee District (hereinafter the "Levee Board") against Harry F. Connick, District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans, an action which seeks to prevent Connick from investigating or indicting for criminal violations the operators and/or employees of Showboat Star Casino, which is operating...

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