St. John the Baptist Parish Ass'n of Educators v. Brown

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This is an appeal by James H. Brown, the Louisiana Secretary of State, defendant-appellant, from issuance of a Writ of Mandamus ordering him to place on a ballot a School Board referendum in St. John the Baptist Parish. This writ was sought by Wilhemina Armour, plaintiff-appellee.

This litigation grows out of a strike by school teachers and employees in St. John Parish during September and October, 1984. During negotiations between the Board and the strikers, the question of recognition of a bargaining agent was the most serious impediment to resolving the strike. The Board…