Legal Opinion
United States v. City of New Orleans
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 25, 2014No. Civil Action No. 12-1924Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER & REASONS
SUSIE MORGAN, District Judge.
The Court has pending before it a motion filed by the City of New Orleans to amend the Consent Decree.1 The Court has considered the motion, the record, the applicable law, the Department of Justice’s statement of no opposition,2 the amicus brief filed by the Fraternal Order of Police,3 and the City’s response to the amicus brief,4 and now enters this Order and Reasons.
BACKGROUND
The history of this case has been set out in greater detail in previous orders. Briefly, after an extensive investigation of the New Orleans Police Department conducted at…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- League of United Latin American Citizens v. City of BoerneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Police Ass'n of New Orleans Ex Rel. Cannatella v. City of New OrleansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. City of New OrleansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
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