Legal battle over statues continues after judge sides with City of New Orleans

1st February 2016

The battle over the City of New Orleans’ efforts to remove four Confederate-era monuments will apparently continue after one of the four groups challenging the city’s plans filed another lawsuit a day after a federal judge sided with the city.

Twelve days after listening to arguments from four groups opposed to the City of New Orleans’ plan to remove four Confederate-era monuments, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled Tuesday that the city can relocate the statues.

In his 62-page ruling, Barbier wrote ... “<T>he only issue before this Court is a legal one: Does the City’s newly passed ordinance violate Plaintiffs’ statutory or constitutional rights?”

Barbier also said in his ruling that the plaintiffs “have failed to demonstrate that they will likely succeed on the merits of any of their claims” ...

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