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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 28, 1992

If agreed to by the board of trustees, and under the terms and conditions set by the board, the payments may be paid in installments. … See City of Port Allen v. Louisiana Municipal Risk Management Agency, Inc., 439 So.2d 399 (La. 1983).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 22, 1996

. * * * Therefore, a law may be passed by the four (4) member board when an ordinance is adopted by the affirmative vote of three (3) members of the board. … Cogswell v. Town of Logansport , 321 So.2d 774 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1974); Doyle v. City of Harahan , 610 So.2d 272 (La.App. 5 Cir. 1992).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 2, 1993

Question 3 Does the Chief of Police or the Mayor and Board of Aldermen exercise power over the termination of police personnel? … This conclusion is in conformity with the cases of Cogswell v. Town of Logansport, 321 So.2d 774 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 1975), and Lentini v. City of Kenner, 211 So.2d 311 (La. 1968), copies of which we enclose herein.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 27, 1996

Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Association , 489 U.S. 602 , 109 S.Ct. 1402 (1989). As such, it must comply with the standards of reasonableness imposed by the Fourth Amendment. Schmerber v. … Kemp v. Claiborne County Hospital , 763 F. Supp. 1362 (S.D. Miss. 1991) and Plane v. United States , 750 F. Supp. 1358 (W.D. Mich. 1990).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 28, 2003

the board of aldermen to take action to terminate that officer's employment? … As discussed in Attorney General Opinion No. 98-460, enclosed herein, the court made in very clear in Thibodeaux v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 24, 1997

National Bank of Commerce in New Orleans v. Board of Sup'rs of La. State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College , 206 La. 913 , 20 So.2d 264 (1945). … State v. Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana , 188 La. 978 , 178 So. 601 (1938).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 12, 2003

Thus, the issue is whether the failure to strictly comply with the requirement that a mailing address be included on the list of watchers prohibits the board from issuing commissions. In the case of Adkins v. … We know that some parish boards use the mailing address information on the list of watchers to certify that the person on the list is qualified to be a watcher, while other parish boards do not perform this function, and

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 12, 1992

Bonnette v. Karst, 261 So.2d 589 (La. 1972) Although there appears to be no case concerning the Municipal Fire Employees Civil Service Board, in the case of Barnett v. … Reading the civil service provisions of the constitution together with the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Law, and considering the holding in Barnett v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 14, 2006

Lentini v. City of Kenner, 211 So.2d, 311 (La. 1968). Our office has recognized this principle in numerous opinions. See Attorney General Opinions 00-96, 00-113, 99-406, and 99-27. … Therefore, neither the Board of Aldermen nor the Chief of Police may act unilaterally to promote police personnel.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 7, 2008

Nonetheless, the Supreme Court of Louisiana in Grant *Page 7 v. … As such, Grant overruled the holdings in Lee v. Grimmer , 99-2196 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2000) 775 So.2d 1223 , and Thibodeaux v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 27, 2002

Giammanco v. Pizzolato , 275 So.2d 880 (4 Cir. 1973). … O'Connor v. Ortega , 107 S.Ct. 1492 (1987).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 24, 1995

Lionel Pavlo Engineering Co., v. State, Through Dept. of Transp. and Development, Office of Highways , 521 So.2d 652 (1st. … Blackett v. DEQ , 506 So.2d 279 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1987).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 26, 2006

Cogswell v. Town of Loganport, 321 So. 2d 774 (La.App. 1975. … reports to a board of alderman on any matter pertaining to his office.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 25, 2000

Brasseaux v. Vermilion Parish Police Jury, App. 1978, 361 So.2d 35 , writ denied 363 So.2d 535 . … To summarize the foregoing, we are of the opinion with respect to parish library boards of control, including the boards of St.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 10, 2001

Charles Gaming Co., Inc., v. Riverboat Gaming Com ., 94-2697 (La. 1/17195) 648 So.2d 1310 . … local board of adjustment.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 14, 1999

Roemer v. Board of Public Works , 387F. Supp. 1282 citing Hunt v. McNair , 413 U.S. 734 . … Roemer citing Lemon v. Kurtzman , 403 U.S. 602 , 91 S.Ct. 2105 (1971).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 21, 1999

In Kuhn v. … Calcasieu Parish School Board , 647 So.2d 544 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1994), parish school board employees brought suit against the school board contending their local salary supplements were underpaid in violation of LSA-R.S.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 17, 1999

of Aldermen (Board). … See also Redwine v. State, 649 So.2d 61 (La.App. 1 st Cir. 1994). As noted above, this prohibition extends to the reduction of payments for hospital insurance premiums.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 1, 2008

V, § 25(C) (1974): (C) Powers. … Leave District Board of Commissioners.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 24, 2000

Lentini v. City of Kenner, 211 So.2d 311 (La. 1968). Our office has recognized this principle in numerous opinions. See Attorney General Opinions 00-96, 00-113, 99-406, and 99-27. … Therefore, neither the Board of Aldermen nor the Chief of Police may act unilaterally to promote police personnel.