Case Name: Mrs. Dorothy Yarls GORDON, wife of/and James T. Gordon, Sr. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans Police Department, Donald Lagarde and Marcel David
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1979-05-21
Citations: 371 So. 2d 768
Docket Number: No. 63477
Parties: Mrs. Dorothy Yarls GORDON, wife of/and James T. Gordon, Sr. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans Police Department, Donald Lagarde and Marcel David.
Judges: TATE and DIXON, JJ., dissent with reasons.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 371
Pages: 768–769

Head Matter:
Mrs. Dorothy Yarls GORDON, wife of/and James T. Gordon, Sr. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans Police Department, Donald Lagarde and Marcel David.
No. 63477.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 21, 1979.
Rehearing Denied June 25, 1979.
M. H. Gertler, Gertler & Gertler, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-applicants.
Donald A. Hoffman, City Atty., Debra J. Fischman, Asst. City Atty., for defendants-respondents.
Tate, Dixon and Caiogero, JJ., would grant a rehearing.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After carefully reviewing the testimony and other evidence in the record of this case, we conclude that the court of appeal properly affirmed the judgment of the district court. Under the facts correctly found by the intermediate court, Officer La-garde's actions in defending himself with his service revolver against a gunman at very close range, were, under the circumstances, neither unreasonable nor wanting in skill. Accordingly, for these reasons and those expressed in the appeals court's opinion, the court of appeal judgment is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
TATE and DIXON, JJ., dissent with reasons.