FOR
IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
NEWS
RELEASE # 62
FROM
: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The
Opinion handed down on the 17th day of
September, 2003 , is as follows:
PER
CURIAM :
2003-C-
2493 EDWARD LEWIS BECKER
v. LYNN B. DEAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY
AS CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE
(EAST), ST. BERNARD PARISH, AND LENA R. TORRES, IN
HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CLERK OF COURT, ETC. (Parish
of St. Bernard)
For
reasons to be assigned at a later date:
The
judgments of the lower courts are reversed. The candidacy
of Lynn B. Dean for the office of councilman-at-large
(East) for the Parish of St. Bernard is hereby reinstated.
Reversed;
Candidacy Reinstated.
CALOGERO,
C.J., dissents and will assign reasons.
TRAYLOR,
J., dissents and will assign reasons.
WEIMER,
J., dissents and will assign reasons.
