CHARLET v. LEGISLATURE OF STATE

No. 97 CW 0212.

713 So.2d 1199 (1998)

Miriam S. CHARLET, et al. v. LEGISLATURE OF the STATE OF LOUISIANA, et al. The MINIMUM FOUNDATION COMMISSION, et al. v. The STATE of Louisiana, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheney C. Joseph, Jr., Executive Counsel, Office of the Governor, Richard P. Ieyoub, James C. Hrdlicka, Office of Attorney General, Lewis O. Unglesby, Aidan C. Reynolds, and Unglesby & Koch, Baton Rouge, for Defendants/Relators State of Louisiana, et al.

William P. Quigley, Gillis P. Long Poverty Law Center, Loyola Law School, New Orleans, Charles M. Delbaum, Martha J. Kegel, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp., New Orleans, Louis M. Bograd, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, DC, Reginald T. Shuford, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City, Steven A. Reiss, Eric Ordway, Kerry C. Foley, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for Plaintiffs/Respondents Miriam S. Charlet, et al.

Lloyd N. Shields, Daniel Lund, III, Timothy P. Kirkpatrick, Shannon K. Lowry, and Shields Mott Lund L.L.P., New Orleans, for Plaintiffs/Respondents The Minimum Foundation Commission, et al.

Franklin V. Endom, Jr., Polack, Rosenberg, Endom & Riess, New Orleans, for Plaintiff/Respondent Orleans Parish School Board.

Jack A. Grant, and Grant & Barrow, Gretna, for Intervenors/Respondents School Boards of Various Parishes.

Before GONZALES, PARRO and CHIASSON, JJ.


PARRO, Judge.

The defendants bring this application for a supervisory writ, seeking review of the trial court's denial of their motion for summary judgment. Finding merit in their argument, we reverse the trial court and grant the motion for summary judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 24, 1992, a group of parents of children attending public schools in six Louisiana parishes and the Orleans Parish School Board sued the Louisiana Legislature...

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