Governmental / Municipal
Liability & Lobbying
The lawyers working within this group focus their time on the representation of clients involved in litigation and lobbying. With respect to litigated matters, the firm has experience in the following areas:
- Defending 42 U.S.C. § 1983 cases through trial, primarily in the defense of law enforcement officers.
- Defending school boards for student injuries and in policy and practice issues.
- Defending municipalities, levee boards, and water and sewerage boards, primarily for injuries as a result of alleged property defects and general negligence.
For many years, the firm has represented clients before city, parish, and state government legislative and administrative bodies.
Case Results
Kevin Friloux v. St. Charles Parish School Board, et al.
Kevin Friloux v. St. Charles Parish School Board, et al. (June 2006) Michael R. Sistrunk won a victory in favor of the Superintendent of the St. Charles School Board in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Plaintiff (a former Parish President) brought Civil Rights and [...]
Kimball v. Malinda
Kimball v. Malinda (March 2006) McCranie Sistrunk Attorneys won a victory in favor of East Jefferson Levee District in a case entitled Kimball v. Malinda in the 24th District Court in Jefferson Parish. The case involved two fatalities and three seriously injured. The allegations against the Levee District were that [...]
Joseph Almerico v. City of Harahan
Joseph Almerico v. City of Harahan (March 2006) Thomas P. Anzelmo won a victory in favor of the City of Harahan in the case entitled Joseph Almerico v. City of Harahan. Plaintiff sued the City for (1) negligent infliction of emotional distress; (2) reckless infliction of emotional distress; (3) intentional [...]
Thomas Buell
Thomas Buell (July 2005) McCranie Sistrunk won a victory in favor of the City of Mandeville, Police Chief Thomas Buell, Detective Wade Major and Officer Kenny Lemulle in the case entitled Derrick Bramlett, et al. v. Thomas Buell, et al. in United States District Court for the Eastern District of [...]
Parish v. Harry Lee, et al.
Parish v. Harry Lee, et al. (January 2005) Thomas P. Anzelmo obtained a dismissal of plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims against Jefferson Community Correctional Center Medical Program, Dr. Joseph Hambrick Dr. Richard Richoux, Dr. Lawrence Durante, and Miriam Schultz. Plaintiff claimed that defendants’ denied him medical care in violation of [...]
Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission v. Olivier, et al.
Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission v. Olivier, et al. (January 2005) Thomas P. Anzelmo and Burgess McCranie brought suit on behalf of the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission seeking a writ of mandamus to require the judges of First Parish Court for the Parish of Jefferson to enforce La. R.S. [...]