Legal Opinion
Hobbs v. Police Jury of Morehouse Parish
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided January 23, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 14836PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The favorable results of an election in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, authorizing the issuance of bonds to be paid from ad valorem taxes on property in that Parish, for the purpose of enlarging a public hospital, were promulgated July 8, 1969. July 22, 1969, Ivory Hobbs, a resident of Morehouse Parish, purportedly brought this would-be class action to procure a judgment declaring unconstitutional the provisions of Louisiana law1 which give only “property taxpayers” the right .to vote in elections called to approve the issuance of municipal bonds to be funded solely from property taxes.…
3Cases cited13 opinions
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- Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Cipriano v. City of HoumaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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4Cited by19 opinions
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- Rose v. Arkansas Valley Environmental & Utility AuthorityDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1983
- Robert Garcia v. Douglas E. Hall and Danny L. MangusCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Feist v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
- Angelo Del Re v. Prudential Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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