Priola v. Calcasieu Parish Police Jury

JiDOUCET, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs, all residents of Ward One of Calcasieu Parish, appeal a judgment denying their demand for a declaratory judgment concerning the interpretation of changes to La.R.S. 26:281(1) enacted by Act 585 of the 1989 session of the Louisiana Legislature.

*184The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment. They assert that the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury misinterpreted and misapplied La.R.S. 26:281(1) to allow sale of alcoholic beverages containing 6% alcohol by volume. The trial judge outlined the history of the legislation concerning a parish’s ability to regulate alcohol:

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