Supreme Court Must Decide Government Question
A three judge panel of the seventh US Circuit heard four consolidated suits on commission council forms. The issue: do at large elections dilute minority votes? Judges warned whites may still block minority rights without district voting. Mobile Alabama and Shreveport Louisiana appeal orders to abolish commission councils. A New Orleans mayoral candidate claimed 13 million in airport contracts to a partner with airport design experience. LeMieux and Pepper own firms CMA and Pepper and Associates. Pepper’s firm offices neighbor CMA.
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Federal Appeals Court
Commission-Council
US Supreme Court
Sth
US Circuit Court of Appeals
John Minor Wisdom
Commission Council
Wisdom
Mobile
Ala
Shreveport
Orleans
Newborn girl found abandoned under fig tree in Louisiana
A newborn girl, naked and covered with maggots, was found under a fig tree and taken to a local hospital in stable condition. Police seek the unknown person who left the child on Monday after a 20-year-old woman heard crying in a backyard.
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New Orleans
Palmdale
Calif
UPI
Patricia Barbeau
Anelope Valley Hospital
Tembo
Noel Marshall
Soledad Canyon Wild Animal Ranch
Man Held On Drug Charges After NLU Pharmacy Burglary
Monroe police report a 19 year old man, Kevin Patrick Dougherty, detained on drug charges tied to a burglary of drugs from the Northeast Louisiana University Pharmacy. Baton Rouge police arrested him for possession with intent to distribute, with drugs valued at over 100,000 dollars retail up to 1,000 dollars each.
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Monroe
Baton Rouge
Northeast Louisiana University
Kevin Patrick Dougherty
Dougherty
Bob A. Carroll
NLU
NSA
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