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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 20, 2001

Sailors v. Board of Education of Kent County, 387 U.S. 105 , 87 S.Ct. 1549 , 18 L.Ed.2d 650 (1967). … Neither in Reynolds v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 28, 2003

Finally, you ask if there are members of the Board who are ineligible, what steps are to be taken. In accordance with Lehmann v. … Finally, you ask if there are members of the Board who are ineligible, what steps are to be taken. In accordance with Lehmann v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 9, 2006

See Coleman v. Orleans Parish School Board , 93-0916, 94-0737 (La.App. 4 Cir. 2/4/97) , 688 So.2d 1312 . Examples of willful neglect of duty include: failure to comply with instructions or regulations, see Gaulden v. … Lincoln Parish School Board , 554 So.2d 152 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1989) and Blanchet v. Vermilion Parish School Board , 220 So.2d 534 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1969); mismanagement of funds, see Marcotte v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 9, 2011

You ask this office to advise you (1) if the mayor and the board of aldermen can compel you to do "shift work," and (2) if the mayor and the board of aldermen can require you to park your police vehicle at the police department … See Lentini v. City of Kenner , 252 La. 413 , 211 So.2d 311 (La. 1968); Cogswell v. Town of Logansport , 321 So.2d 774 (La. App. 2d Cir. 1975); see also La. Atty. Gen.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 28, 2003

In West v. … Therefore, we must conclude your civil service board does not have the same authority as the Civil Service Commission under Barnett v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 15, 2002

Toups: You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General, in your capacity as Legal Counsel for the Jefferson Parish School Board (Board), regarding the sale of unused school lands pursuant to R.S. 41:891 , et seq. … Chenevert v. Lemoine, et al., 27 So. 56 (1900) and Mut v. Mut 222 So.2d 100 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1969).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 1, 1993

Rosenthal v. Orleans Parish School Bd., 214 So.2d 203 , (La.App. 4th Cir. 1968) application denied 215 So.2d 130 , 252 La. 963 . … Rosenthal v. Orleans Parish School Bd., supra.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 30, 2003

Under Art. 412(F)(2), the court allowed the information to be released from a juvenile record in State v. Washington , where it was needed to derive a witness list for a civil action. … U.S. v. Miami University , S.D. Ohio 2000, 91 F. Supp.2d 1132 . Falvo v. Owasso Independent School Dist ., No. 1-011, C.A. 10 (Okla) 2000, 233F.3d 1203.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 5, 1999

District Court in Davis v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board , Civil Action No. 56-1662-A, 9/30/98, the school board must secure court approval for the construction of new schools and additions to existing schools. … Your first question is best addressed by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal in Norris v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 4, 2007

to return to the city or parish school board school system to a comparable position from which the leave was granted. … La.C.C. art 9 ; State v. Barbier , 98-2923 (La. 9/8/99), 743 So.2d 1236 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 23, 1998

In Baker v. Southern University , 604 So.2d 699 (La.App. 1 st Cir. 1992), the court interpreted this grant of authority to include the power to delegate appointing authority to the president of a university system. … This provision extends the corporate authority of the higher education management boards to supervise and manage to each institution under their control. Further, in State ex rel. Bourgeois v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 12, 1995

In City of New Orleans v. … In Jurisich v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 1, 2009

Gary Ortego is a current member of the Louisiana State Board of Tax Appeals. Mr. … In Saint v. Allen , 169 La. 1046 (La. 1930), the Louisiana Supreme Court defined the term "exercise power" as used in La.Const. Art.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 16, 1993

Board of Trustees of Police Pension, 367 So.2d 849 (La. 1979) the Boards of Trustees of retirement systems award or deny pension benefits pursuant to statutory authority. See also Henning v. … Carter, 430 So.2d 1310 (La.App. 1 Cir., 1983); Darbonne v. Louisiana State Police Retirement Board, 408 So.2d 452 (La.App. 1st Cir., 1981); Werner v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 16, 2011

As specified by statute, the BID is governed by the nine-member BIA Board. … regarding selection of the Board of Directors for the Association, as described by La.R.S. 12:224 , as such is not the subject of this opinion request. 2 Bartels v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 5, 2005

Atterberry alleges that its bid was rejected by the school board due to its submittal of a bus bid containing a V type engine rather than an Inline engine as set out in the bid specifications. … Louisiana Associated General Contractors, Inc. v. Calcasieu Parish School Board, 586 So.2d at 1365 -66 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 27, 2006

Lafourche Parish Water District No. 1 v. Carl Heck Engineers, Inc. (La.App. 1 st Cir. 1977) 346 So.2d 769 ; BFI, Inc. v. City of Monroe (La.App. 2d Cir. 1985) 465 So.2d 882 . … See Haughton Elevator Division v. State of Louisiana, et al, (La. 1979), 367 So.2d 1161 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 26, 1991

By LSA R.S. 16:2 the office of the District Attorney represents the parish school board. In the case of Kentucky v. … Official-capacity suits, in contrast, `generally represent only another way of pleading an action against an entity of which an officer is an agent' Monell v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 12, 2007

An assistant district attorney holds "appointive office" as defined by R.S. 42:62 (2) 1 ; see also Article V, § 26(A) of the Louisiana Constitution (1974) stating that "a district attorney may select assistants as authorized … of Regents, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the State Board of Elementary

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 8, 2010

See Potts v. Morehouse Parish School Board , 150 So. 290 (La. *Page 3 1933) and Boyer v. St. Amant , 364 So.2d 1338 (La.App. 4 Cir. 1978); La. Atty. Gen. Op. … See also State v.