CARRIERE v. ST. LANDRY PAR. POLICE JURY

Nos. 97-C-1914, 97-C-1937.

707 So.2d 979 (1998)

David L. CARRIERE, Coroner v. ST. LANDRY PARISH POLICE JURY, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Carriere, Carriere & Hebert, Opelousas, for Applicant in No. 97-C-1914 and Respondent in No. 97-C-1937.

Earl B. Taylor, Dist. Atty., Donald J. Richard, Opelousas, for Respondent in No. 97-C-1914 and Applicant in No. 97-C-1937.


MARCUS, Justice.*

On March 12, 1996, David L. Carriere, then Coroner-Elect of St. Landry Parish,1 petitioned for a writ of mandamus to compel the St. Landry Parish Police Jury and the individual jurors to provide office space, equipment, and supplies for the coroner's office, to pay the coroner a salary including health insurance and retirement benefits, and to provide the coroner with an operational budget...

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