Case Name: BLACKMAN, ARNOLD & PETTWAY, Davenport, Files & Kelly, Bruscato, Loomis & Street and Percy A. Ford, Jr. v. CITY OF MONROE, City of West Monroe and the State of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-04-13
Citations: 523 So. 2d 215
Docket Number: No. 88-OC-0851
Parties: BLACKMAN, ARNOLD & PETTWAY, Davenport, Files & Kelly, Bruscato, Loomis & Street and Percy A. Ford, Jr. v. CITY OF MONROE, City of West Monroe and the State of Louisiana.
Judges: DENNIS, J., respectfully dissents. Petitioners have alleged a complaint of impingement upon this Court’s exclusive authority to regulate the practice of law. Therefore this case should be tried under our original jurisdiction.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 523
Pages: 215–215

Head Matter:
BLACKMAN, ARNOLD & PETTWAY, Davenport, Files & Kelly, Bruscato, Loomis & Street and Percy A. Ford, Jr. v. CITY OF MONROE, City of West Monroe and the State of Louisiana.
No. 88-OC-0851.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 13, 1988.
Reconsideration Denied May 6, 1988.

Opinion:
In re Petition of Plaintiffs under the Original Jurisdiction of this Court Under Louisiana Constitution, Article II, § 1 and 2; Article V, § 5(B).
Original jurisdiction declined. Petition dismissed.
DENNIS, J., respectfully dissents. Petitioners have alleged a complaint of impingement upon this Court's exclusive authority to regulate the practice of law. Therefore this case should be tried under our original jurisdiction.