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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

No. 96-CC-0700

ALLIANCE FOR AFFORDABLE ENERGY AND GARY L. GROESCH Versus THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, SUZANNE HAIK TERRELL, OLIVER M. THOMAS, TROY CARTER, ROY GLAPION, ELLEN HAZEUR-DISTANCE, PEGGY WILSON AND JAMES SINGLETON

ON SUPERVISORY WRIT TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH CIRCUIT, PARISH OF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA

CALOGERO, C.J.* We granted writs in this case to determine whether the New Orleans City Council's Rule 45 violates Section 6-308(5)(c) of the city's Home Rule Charter. For the reasons set forth below, we hold And because we also

that Rule 45 does not violate the Charter.

determine that the district court properly found that the Council complied with Rule 45, the stay regarding the City Council's approval of utility consultant contracts, which we ordered upon granting the writ in this case, is lifted, and the judgment of the district court refusing to enjoin the Council from executing professional affirmed. In 1994, New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial appointed the Mayor's service contracts with utility consultants is

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Bleich, J., not on panel.

Rule IV, Part 2,

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