Legal Opinion
Burmaster v. Plaquemines Parish Government
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided August 31, 2007No. 2007-CA-1311PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
963 So.2d 378 (2007)
Melvin BURMASTER
v.
PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT.
No. 2007-CA-1311.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
August 31, 2007.
2Per curiam
The State of Louisiana invokes the appellate jurisdiction of this court pursuant to La. Const. art. V, § 5(D), on the ground that the district court declared Act No. 545 of the 2006 Regular Session to be unconstitutional.[1]
Pretermitting the merits, we find the appeal is not properly before this court. Article V, § 5(D) vests appellate jurisdiction in this court in cases in which "a law or ordinance has been declared unconstitutional. . . ." A review of the district…
3Cases cited8 opinions
- LaRocca v. BaileyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
- City of Kaplan v. MayardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
- Marino v. MarinoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
- Spiers v. RoyeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006
- Haynes v. United Parcel ServiceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
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4Cited by14 opinions
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