Legal Opinion
Board of Commissioners of Louisiana Municipal Power Commission v. All Taxpayers of the State
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 6, 1978No. 6319PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATSON, Judge.
The defendant taxpayers1 have appealed from a trial court judgment in favor of plaintiff, the Board of Commissioners of the Louisiana Municipal Power Commission (LAMPCO). The trial court cast LAMPCO for costs, and plaintiff has answered the appeal, asking that the trial court judgment be amended to tax all costs to defendants.
The governing bodies of four Louisiana cities, Morgan City, Franklin, Opelousas and Natchitoches,2 confected an intergovernmental agreement to create LAMPCO, a corporate political subdivision of the State of Louisiana. LAMPCO proposes to raise 90 million…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Arata v. Louisiana Stadium and Exposition DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- City of Redondo Beach v. Taxpayers, Property Owners, Etc., City of Redondo BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
- State Ex Rel. Mitchell v. City of SikestonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Fjeldsted v. Ogden CityUtah Supreme Court · 1933
- City of Trinidad v. HaxbySupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Bd. of Com'rs of La. v. ALL TAXPAYERS ETC.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Board of Commissioners of Louisiana Municipal Power Commission "LAMCO" v. All Taxpayers, Property Owners, & CitizensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978