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FOR
IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE # 37
FROM : CLERK OF SUPREME
COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions handed
down on the 17th day of May, 2005,
are as follows:
BY WEIMER,
J.:
2005-OC-1191
ROBERT M. MARIONNEAUX, JR.,
AND LEE JOSEPH "JODY" AMEDEE, III v. DONALD E. "DON" HINES,
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND ARTHUR J. LENTINI, PARLIAMENTARIAN
OF THE SENATE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
Judgment is rendered
in favor of plaintiffs and against defendants on plaintiffs'
petition for declaratory judgment. Accordingly, it is ordered,
adjudged, and decreed that there be judgment herein declaring
that "elected members" or "members elected," as that term
is used in the Louisiana Constitution in referring to the
members of the Senate, means the entire membership authorized
to be elected, regardless of any vacancies, so that the current
number of "elected members" or "members elected" of the Senate
is thirty-nine.
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