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BURGESS v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

No. 2005 CA 2565.

951 So.2d 1128 (2006)

Lorri BURGESS v. The CITY OF BATON ROUGE, Parish of East Baton Rouge, and Doug Moreau in His Capacity as District Attorney for the 19th Judicial District.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 28, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina B. Peck, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant Lorri Burgess.

E. Wade Shows, Lea Anne Batson, Gwendolyn K. Brown, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee City of Baton Rouge / Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Before: KUHN, GAIDRY, and WELCH, JJ.

GAIDRY, J.

This is an appeal of a summary judgment determining the merits of an action for declaratory judgment seeking the interpretation of a local government law. For the following reasons, we reverse the summary judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The following relevant facts are undisputed. The plaintiff-appellant, Lorri Burgess, is a member of the Metropolitan Council of the consolidated government of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish...

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