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Dear Judge Irvin:

You and the other judges of the city court in Shreveport have requested our opinion on who should provide the legal defense to the city court and its clerk of court and other employees, in a situation where the city court has received a letter sent from an attorney pursuant to R.S.23:303(C) in anticipation of filing a possible employment discrimination suit against the court. You advised us that the city attorney's office has itself declined to provide you with a legal defense and has further declined to hire any other attorney to provide such a defense for the court.

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