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JOHNSON v. CARTER

No. 2000-CA-0029.

767 So.2d 790 (2000)

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

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 2000.

Writs Denied October 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Angie Rogers LaPlace, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mavis S. Early, City Attorney, Deborah L. Wilson, Chief Deputy City Attorney, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendants/Appellees.

William P. Quigley, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Louis L. Robein, Jr., Robein, Urann & Lurye, Metairie, Louisiana, and Mark Moreau, Charles Delbaum, Rowena Jones, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Court composed of Chief Judge ROBERT J. KLEES, Judge MOON LANDRIEU, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY.

MURRAY, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the denial of their petition for writ of mandamus seeking to have the members of the New Orleans City Council pass an ordinance that will enable a proposed change to the New Orleans Home Rule Charter to be put to a vote of the people. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment denying the petition.

FACTS:

Plaintiffs represent over twenty five thousand persons...

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