Legal Opinion

City of Baton Rouge v. Ross

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 28, 1995No. 94-KA-0695PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

654 So.2d 1311 (1995)

CITY OF BATON ROUGE

v.

Shelton ROSS.

No. 94-KA-0695.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 28, 1995.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Carl James Jackson, City Atty., for applicant.

David William Price, Leon Jackson, for respondent.

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.[*]

Shelton Ross was charged by the City of Baton Rouge with violating a municipal ordinance which prohibits "drug traffic loitering." Ross filed a motion to quash alleging that the ordinance was unconstitutional and expressly preempted by legislative enactment. The City Court of Baton Rouge granted defendant's motion to quash, finding…

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2Cases cited292 opinions

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  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by42 opinions

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  5. State v. SandiferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996

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