Legal Opinion
McDonald v. City of Bastrop
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 28, 1998No. 31238-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
hBROWN, Judge.
Richard McDonald and 37 other firefighters, ranging in rank from fireman to district chief, lodged a suit against their employer, the City of Bastrop (the “City”), seeking a judgment declaring that the City’s current pay practices are violative of La. R.S. 33:1969 and La. R.S. 33:1992 and mandating the City to comply with the statutes and implement a pay plan that would make their compliance thereto easily ascertainable. The suit was dismissed upon the City’s exception of no cause of action.
Discussion
The function of an exception of no cause of action is to test the legal…
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