Legal Opinion
Burgess v. City of Baton Rouge
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 28, 2006No. 2005 CA 2565PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGaidry, J.
| ¡¡This is an appeal of a summary judgment determining the merits of an action for declaratory judgment seeking the interpretation of a local government law. For the following reasons, we reverse the summary judgment.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The following relevant facts are undisputed. The plaintiff-appellant, Lorri Burgess, is a member of the Metropolitan Council of the consolidated government of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge (the City-Parish), representing District 10. The Metropolitan Council is the governing body of the City-Parish. The City-Parish’s…
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