Judge Griffin Rules With the People of New Orleans, Says City Council Did Not Substantially Comply with Open Meetings Law Press Release

Judge Griffin Rules With the People of New Orleans, Says City Council Did Not Substantially Comply with Open Meetings Law Press Release

Jun 17, 2019

NEW ORLEANS, June 14, 2019 – At Orleans Parish Civil District Court today, Judge Piper Griffin ruled in favor of local groups and residents who sued the New Orleans City Council for violating the Open Meetings Law. The ruling focused on public meetings in which people were shut out prior to the Council voting in favor of Entergy’s application to build a new, polluting gas plant in New Orleans East. Judge Griffin determined that the Council did not substantially comply with the Open Meetings Law and its policy for ensuring that citizens’ voices are heard. She also found that Entergy’s use of paid actors in the Council meetings “undermined” the Open Meetings Law. Her decision delivers a victory to residents and local groups who sued the City Council for denying basic rights to a fair process and open meetings when the Council approved the Entergy gas plant in 2018.

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