Legal Opinion
Remm v. Landrieu
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 10, 1976No. Civ. A. 76-3PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SEAR, District Judge:
This is an individual and class action for injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as for damages, arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of a New Orleans city towing ordinance.
On December 30, 1975 H. C. Remm, the individual plaintiff and class representative, discovered that his car was missing from the place where he had parked it. Remm contacted the New Orleans Police Department Auto Pound and learned that his automobile had been ticketed, towed, and impounded. Remm went to the Auto Pound, amicably demanding the return of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cox v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Coleman v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Richard Stypmann v. The City and County of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Coleman v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Wilson v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- Patterson v. CroninSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
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