DENNIS MELANCON, INC. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 12-30921.

703 F.3d 262 (2012)

DENNIS MELANCON, INCORPORATED, individually and on behalf of and as representative of all CPNC owners in the City of New Orleans; Patrick Murphy, individually and on behalf of and as representative of all CPNC owners in the City of New Orleans; Eric Husted, individually and on behalf of and as representative of all CPNC owners in the City of New Orleans; William Kerner, IV, The Succession of, individually and on behalf of and as representative of all CPNC owners in the City of New Orleans, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Monroe Coleman; Coleman Cab Company; Placido Cab Service, Incorporated; Veterans Cab Company, L.L.C.; Patio Cabs; U.S. Cabs; Niran Gunasekara; Wesner Derosier; Alliance Cab Service, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. City of New Orleans, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Cedric Richard; Postene Louisjeune; Herman W. Woods; Calvin Levy; William A. Marks, Incorporated; Vahid Habib; Bosna Express, L.L.C.; Panamerica, L.L.C.; Matta's Transportation Company; Ramsis Transportation, Incorporated; Aiman Gibrial; Perle Des Antilles, L.L.C.; Eastern Cab, Incorporated; Royal Cab, Incorporated; Jeanmarie Desir; Messilien Georges; Brissette, Incorporated; Travis K. Brissette; Liberty Bell Cab, L.L.C.; Riverbend Cab, L.L.C.; Pelican Cab, L.L.C.; Halid Habib; Hampton Transportation and Cab Service CPNC 997, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Pura Bascos; Malachi Hull; City of New Orleans, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Culotta (argued), Andrew G. Legrand , Culotta Law Firm, L.L.C., David M. McDonald (argued), Bernard, Cassisa, Elliot & Davis, A.P.L.C., Leonard Marty Berins (argued), Gerald Wasserman, L.L.C., Gerald Wasserman , Law Office of Gerald Wasserman, Metairie, LA, Ike Spears (argued), Spears & Spears, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

James M. Garner (argued), Debra Jean Fischman , Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C., Bobby Marzine Harges , Matthew Joseph Lindsay , Mary Katherine Taylor , Sharonda R. Williams (argued), City Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and KING and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

This case involves three consolidated lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who challenge the lawfulness of various ordinances enacted by the City of New Orleans regulating that city's taxicab industry. After the plaintiffs obtained from a Louisiana state court a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of the ordinances, the City of New Orleans filed a motion for declaratory relief in federal court, seeking to dissolve the restraining order...

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