Legal Opinion
Ricks v. Department of State Civil Service
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 30, 1942No. 36529PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
O. Dolan Ricks, a resident and taxpayer of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, brought this suit, attacking the constitutionality of Act 172 of 1940, known as the “State Civil Service Law.” In the alternative, he seeks to have Act 381 of 1940 decreed unconstitutional on the ground that it was illegally submitted to the voters as a proposed constitutional amendment; in the further alternative, in the event that Act 172 of 1940 is not declared unconstitutional, that Section 48 of the Act be decreed inoperative until July 1, 1942; and in the further alternative, to have Item No. SS…
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