Legal Opinion
Sledge v. Tangipahoa Parish Police Jury
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 15, 1980No. Nos. 13794, 13795PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
These two consolidated suits seek to restrain the Tangipahoa Parish Police Jury from closing certain bridges, and to compel the Police Jury to repair the bridges. From a judgment enjoining the closure of the bridges and ordering their repair, the Police Jury and The Police Jury Association of Louisiana, Inc., which intervened, have appealed.
Under a federal program, funds were made available to the State of Louisiana for the inspection of bridges. Inspections of bridges in Tangipahoa Parish were made by Burke and Associates, an engineering firm, and recommendations based on these…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Lyons v. Bossier Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
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