Legal Opinion
McGraw v. City of New Orleans
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 2017No. 2016-CA-0446PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Marion F. Edwards, Pro Tempore
|, On December 18, 2015, the Honorable Mitchell J. Landrieu, the Mayor of New Orleans, signed into law an ordinance enacted by the New Orleans City Council that provided for the removal from publicly owned property of three monuments depicting General P.G.T. Beauregard, Jef*321ferson Davis, and General Robert E. Lee, in their roles as former leaders of the Confederate States of America.1 The enactment of the ordinance capped a six-month process of intense public debate and contentious governmental hearings concerning the fate of the three monuments. In enacting…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State Through DOTD v. Chambers Inv. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- Smith v. West Virginia Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- West v. Town of WinnsboroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1968
- Yokum v. Pat O'Brien's Bar, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
- Kirkpatrick v. YoungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Monumental Task Committee, Inc. v. FoxxDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2017
- Monuments and Markers, LLC v. City of New Orleans and the New Orleans City Park Improvement AssociationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2025
- Shreveport Chapter 237 of United Daughters of the Confederacy v. Caddo Parish Comm'nDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 2018
- Sons Of Confederate Veterans, Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp 215 v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2019