Legal Opinion
West Monroe Police Local 135, IUPA, AFL-CIO v. Norris
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 28, 1998No. 31183-CAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
liPEATROSS, Judge.
The sole issue in this case is whether LSA-R.S. 42:457, a discretionary statute, or 42:457.1, which requires a city to withhold union dues, governs requests for the City of West Monroe to withhold union dues from police officers’ salaries. Plaintiffs Warren Lee, a West Monroe policeman, and other members of the West Monroe Police Local, 135 IUPA, AFL-CIO, sought a writ of mandamus compelling the city to withhold the union dues from the salaries of officers who made that request to the city. Determining that the discretionary statute LSA-R.S. 42:457 applied, the trial court…
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