They might have to do the Entergy plant vote all over again

As of right now the ruling itself isn't in the story but the lawyers seem to think this invalidates the approval vote.

Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Piper D. Griffin on Friday ruled that the City Council violated the state’s Open Meeting Law when dozens of residents were barred from entering two public hearings on Entergy’s proposed $210 million power plant in eastern New Orleans. Griffin ruled for the city in a second lawsuit that argued that the council’s utility consultants played conflicting roles as both advocates for the plant and fact-finders for the City Council, violating plaintiffs’ due-process rights.

It's not clear to me from reading this what specifically prompted the open meetings violation in the judge's opinion.  The Lens and the plaintiffs strongly suggest it was the "paid actors."  The Lens writes, "The suit said that the tactic exacerbated the Open Meetings violations," but that doesn't mean 1) that this was the really the heart of the matter or 2) that the judge said anything about that one way or the other.  It could be that there just weren't enough seats available.  Maybe they should hold the do-over vote in the Superdome.

If there even is a do-over vote. We'll have to wait and see if that's what the ruling actually demands.