RUSSO v. BURNS

No. 2014-CA-1008.

150 So.3d 377 (2014)

Anthony J. RUSSO v. Lionel BURNS, Jr., and the Honorable Arthur A. Morrell.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Charles Stanley , William M. Ross , W. Raley Alford, III , Stanley Reuter Ross Thornton & Alford, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Lionel Lon Burns, Law Offices of Lionel Lon Burns, New Orleans, LA, Defendant/Appellee/In Proper Person.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge MADELEINE M. LANDRIEU, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge ROSEMARY LEDET)


This is an election contest suit. Plaintiff/appellant, Anthony J. Russo, appeals the trial court's judgment which overruled its previous decision to disqualify the appellee, Lionel Lon Burns, as a candidate of Orleans Parish District Attorney.2 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.<...

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