Legal Opinion

Knight v. Department of Police

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 27, 1993No. 91-CA-2448PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

619 So.2d 1116 (1993)

Lorenza KNIGHT

v.

DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

No. 91-CA-2448.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 27, 1993.

Dale W. Poindexter, Poindexter & Oxner, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Lorenza Holmes Knight.

William D. Aaron, Jr., City Atty., George A. Blair, III, Deputy City Atty., Brett J. Prendergast, Chief of Civil Litigation, New Orleans, for Department of Police.

Before CIACCIO, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.

WARD, Judge.

The Superintendent of Police ordered Captain Lorenza Knight involuntarily retired from the New Orleans Police Department for racist remarks Knight made…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Goins v. Department of PoliceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  5. Jandak v. Village of BrookfieldDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Cannon v. City of HammondLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  2. Reed v. Department of PoliceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
  3. O'Hern v. Department of PoliceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  4. Ocean City Police Department v. MarshallCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2004
  5. Bannister v. Department of StreetsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994

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