CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. BD. OF DIR. OF STATE MUSEUM

No. 98-C-1170.

739 So.2d 748 (1999)

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and the Vieux Carré Commission v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF the LOUSIANA STATE MUSEUM, James Sefcik; Tammany Contracting Company; and The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., David A. Dalia, New Orleans, Gary L. Keyser, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Applicant.

Harry E. Cantrell, Jr., New Orleans, Avis M. Russell, City Atty., Counsel for Respondent.

Anthony C. Marino, New Orleans, Counsel for amicus curiae Vieux Carre Property Ass'n.

James R. Logan, IV, New Orleans, Counsel for amicus curiae Louisiana Landmarks Society.

Lloyd N. Shields, Daniel Lund, III, Michelle L. Corrigan, New Orleans, Counsel for amicus curiae Preservation Alliance of New Orleans and Preservation Resource Center.


KNOLL, Justice.*

The controversy before us concerns a dispute between the Vieux Carré Commission (hereinafter "VCC") and the Louisiana State Museum (hereinafter "LSM") as to whether the VCC can enjoin the LSM from installing a fence to enclose the arcade of the Cabildo in the French Quarter of New Orleans.1 The trial court granted the LSM's exception of no cause...

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