Philmer Johnson, Jr. v. City of Westlake

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

CW 21-156 consolidated with 21-155, CA 20-556, CA 20-557 CW 20-376 & CW 20-377

PHILMER JOHNSON, JR., ET AL.

VERSUS CITY OF WESTLAKE

********** APPEAL FROM THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF CALCASIEU, NO. 2017-5089 HONORABLE RONALD WARE, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** J. LARRY VIDRINE‫٭‬ JUDGE ********** Court composed of Billy H. Ezell, D. Kent Savoie, and J. Larry Vidrine‫٭‬, Judges.

REVERSED AND RENDERED.

_____________________ ‫ ٭‬Honorable J. Larry Vidrine participated in this decision by appointment of the Louisiana Supreme Court as Judge Pro Tempore.

J. Michael Veron Peyton F. Pawlicki Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC P.O. Box 2125 Lake Charles, LA 70602-2125 (337) 310-1600 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: City of Westlake Steven Broussard Aaron Broussard Michael Williamson Jason R. Bell Rachel K. Couvillion John Mark Fezio Broussard & Williamson, LLC 1301 Common Street Lake Charles, LA 70601 (337) 439-2450 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: Paula Johnson Marie Moore Philmer Johnson, Jr. Daniel L. Moore Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr. Lynda Tafaro McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch, L.L.C. Poydras Street, Suite 1000 New Orleans, LA 70112 (504) 831-0946 COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: OneBeacon Services, LLC Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company Soren E. Gisleson Charles M. King Herman, Herman & Katz O’Keefe Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113 (504) 581-4892 COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: Daniel L. Moore Marie Moore Paula Johnson Philmer Johnson, Jr.

VIDRINE, Judge Pro Tempore.

For the reasons set forth in the case of Daniel L. Moore and Marie Moore v. City of Westlake, 20-556 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/____), __So.3d ____, the judgment of the trial court is reversed. We render that the City of Westlake’s ordinances 880-882 were legally enacted, not discriminatory, and were reasonable. Costs of this appeal are assessed to Plaintiffs.