State v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Suit by the State of Louisiana against the City of New Orleans and others, to prevent the municipality from entering into any contract regarding street railway franchises beyond what the state alleged as the limit of municipal authority, in which a temporary restraining order was issued, and a suspensive appeal therefrom denied, and the defendants Mayor and Commissioners applied directly to the Supreme Court for writ of prohibition to annul the restraining order and…
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Suit by the State of Louisiana against the City of New Orleans and others, to prevent the municipality from entering into any contract regarding street railway franchises beyond what the state alleged as the limit of municipal authority, in which a temporary restraining order was issued, and a suspensive appeal therefrom denied, and the defendants Mayor and Commissioners applied directly to the Supreme Court for writ of prohibition to annul the restraining order and temporary injunction.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The object or purpose of this suit is to prevent the municipality from entering into any contract with regard to street railway franchises beyond what the state alleges is the limit of the municipal authority.
For the causes alleged in the petition to the civil district court, the state prayed for a preliminary injunction, thus:
“Enjoining and prohibiting said defendants from adopting any ordinance- or resolution or-*791entering directly or indirectly into any contract or agreement whatsoever reforming- or changing any one of the existing franchise contracts' under which any one of the public…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ricaud v. American Metal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- State ex rel. Behan v. Judges of the Civil District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1883
- State ex rel. Behan v. Judge Sixth District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
- State ex rel. LeBlanc v. HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1889
- State ex rel. Larieux v. Judge of the Fifth District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Porterie v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Connell v. Commission CouncilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- State v. BrocknerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Keegan v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- McKee v. EskriggeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
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