Legal Opinion

Recreation and Park Com'n v. C & S DEVELOPMENT, INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 8, 1998No. 97-C-2652PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

714 So.2d 706 (1998)

RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION FOR the PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

v.

C & S DEVELOPMENT, INC.

No. 97-C-2652.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 8, 1998.

TRAYLOR, Justice.[*]

This is an expropriation suit filed by the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC) to acquire in full ownership a portion of a larger tract of land owned by defendant. We granted certiorari to review the lower courts' findings that BREC was arbitrary and capricious in selecting the site for a proposed neighborhood park. Finding that BREC adequately considered all relevant…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. CarmackSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission v. WatsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  3. Red River Waterway Com'n v. FredericksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  4. Recreation & Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge v. C & S Development, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1997

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. City of Shreveport v. Chanse Gas Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
  2. Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government v. PersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2012
  3. Acadian Gas Pipeline System v. NunleyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2011
  4. Town of Broussard v. DucrestLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  5. ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2010

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