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RALPH v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 2008-CA-0767.

4 So.3d 146 (2009)

Eugene RALPH, Gregory Pembo, Helen E, Robinson, Phyllis Everage, Lionel Brakitt and Elle Bennett v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS and the New Orleans City Council.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Johnson, Alliance Defense Fund, Shreveport, LA, and James L. Arruebarrena, Law Offices of James L. Arruebarrena, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Penya M. Moses-Fields, City Attorney, Evelyn F. Pugh, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Heather M. Valliant, Assistant City Attorney, Bobbie F. Mason, Assistant City Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, City of New Orleans and City Council of New Orleans.

Michael L. Vincenzo, King, Krebs & Jurgens, P.L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, arid F. Brian Chase, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Los Angeles, CA, and Kenneth D. Upton, Jr., Dallas, TX, for Brian Barbieri, Howard Lees, Peter Sabi and Phillip Centanni, Jr.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge CHARLES R. JONES, and Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.).

JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs, citizens and taxpayers in the City of New Orleans (hereinafter the City), filed suit seeking a declaration that the City and the City Council acted ultra vires and without statutory authority when they provided for the registry of "Domestic Partnerships", and subsequently used this registry as the basis for its extension of health insurance coverage and benefits to the unmarried "domestic partners" of City...

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