Posted on 09/20/2007 8:14:19 PM PDT by LdSentinal
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal appeals court has rejected a second appeal from the New Orleans district attorney over a ruling that said he violated the civil rights of dozens of white employees when he fired them and replaced them with black workers after taking office in 2003.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned aside a request by Orleans Parish prosecutor Eddie Jordan to have the full court review the case.
Earlier, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit upheld the verdict against Jordan, that, with interest, means Jordan's office owes the ex-workers and their attorneys about $3.5 million.
In 2005, a jury rejected Jordan's contention that he filled key positions with political supporters and did not discriminate based on race when he took over from longtime District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. in 2003.
In his appeal, Jordan had argued that jurors did not have enough evidence to reach that conclusion.
Plaintiff attorney Clement Donelon said that Jordan's only remaining option is to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. Because of the latest ruling, Donelon says a stay on collecting the verdict will expire Sept. 26.
Donelon said that he is prepared to seize assets of the district attorney's office, including its payroll account. Donelon said the office does not have insurance to pay the verdict. Jordan is not personally responsible for payment.
“Louisiana - America’s Banana Republic”
Perfect description.
...so the Jena Six are victims of white oppression and these guys who were fired and replaced with an all black staff are.....what?
Can we expect another march from Sharpton and Jackson? They want “equality” after all...
Could they be unqualified for their jobs because they only spoke one language?
Jackson was on the march today.....racist that he is
oh, they were both on the march today...
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=91688
Actually, in the late 1920s, the great Mencken referred to Loozyanna as being "the westernmost bastion of the Mediterreanean strain of politics."
an article on the story and the march on Thurs. 9/20
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=91688
Good ole Jesse and Al making it monumental as usual...race baiters, inc., what they do for a living..disgusting both of them.
I’m glad the justice system survived the civil rights era intact.
This city is still as dirty as ever. I was hoping N.O.’s would clean itself up. Glad the courts upheld the original ruling...
NEw Jersey, but were trying hard to catch up. They had the Soprano’s what do we get...an awful Cop show so it will take us a while. Don’t give up on us the next elections can still be screwed up.
Will you let us know if this comes to pass? Thanks
New Jersey by a vast margin. Higher Taxes in NJ and it is one of the most anti-gun states in the US.
At least there are other parts and other cities to Louisiana, some of which are nice and have good food and people.
Plus, there are drive thru daiquiri’s everywhere.
Liberal gun laws (or should I say “Conservative” gun laws or more free)
NJ
This is actually one of the more curious aspects of the case. The plaintiffs alleged that Jordan acted outside of the course and scope of his employment by firing the white employees and replacing them uniformly with blacks. The jury found that although, Jordan discriminated against the white employees, he was not acting outside the course and scope of his employment. Thus he is not personally liable for the jury verdict.
I found this odd because Jordan's drop is to prosecute criminals in Orleans Parish, not to systemtically replace white employees with black ones.
As practical matter, the money now has to come from the Parish DA's office treasury, which is pretty much underfunded anyhow and now makes it more difficult for Jordan to actually do his job. Not that he has done a great job of it, regardless.
He can fire and hire anyone he wants. He just can’t do it for race. In this case, he was paying back political supporters. Which is practically a religion in Louisiana.
Eddie Jordan says... You are only racist if you are white.
Thanks for the update. I heard the treasury was just about empty too. Fees from collecting child support was helping the treasury at one time under Harry Connick Sr. Connick was not the most brilliant DA, but Jordan has just been horrible. Jordan has the crimminal vote for sure. I hope the City makes a real rebound.
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