JOHNSON v. CARTER

No. 97-CA-1800.

707 So.2d 1366 (1998)

Philomenia JOHNSON, et al. v. Hon. Troy A. CARTER, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avis Marie Russell, City Attorney, City of New Orleans, Deborah Wilson, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Andrew P. Schmutz, Assistant City Attorney, New Orleans, for Defendants-Appellees.

William P. Quigley, Louis L. Robein, Jr., Mark Moreau, Charles M. Delbaum, Loyola Law School, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and LOBRANO and WALTZER, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs have appealed from the dismissal of their petition for a writ of mandamus against the members of the Council of the City of New Orleans to compel them to call an election on a proposed amendment of the Home Rule Charter of the city to provide for a local minimum wage. Plaintiffs are among the signers of a petition filed with the Council and containing the number of signatures of registered voters required by the Home Rule Charter to...

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