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CARRIERE v. ST. LANDRY PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 96-641.

693 So.2d 1201 (1997)

David L. CARRIERE, Coroner, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. LANDRY PARISH POLICE JURY, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Taylor, Dist. Atty., I. Jackson Burson, Jr., Eunice, Donald J. Richard, Asst. Dist. Atty., for St. Landry Parish Police Jury.

David L. Carriere, Donald Wayne Hebert, Opelousas, for David L. Carriere, Coroner-Elect.

Chuck David Granger, Opelousas, for 27th Judicial District Judges.

Glynn Douglas Dean, Opelousas, for Charles Jagneaux, Clerk of Court.

Before THIBODEAUX, COOKS and GREMILION, JJ.

COOKS, Judge.

The St. Landry Parish Police Jury appeals the trial court's issuance of an Alternative Writ of Mandamus against it in favor of the Parish Coroner. The writ of mandamus directed the Police Jury to provide a $25,000.00 annual salary to the Coroner and to provide $96,000.00 to fund the Coroner's annual budget for "necessary or unavoidable" expenses. The trial court's judgment also mandated certain procedural mechanisms for accounting, reduction, and crediting...

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