Legal Opinion
Parish of Acadia v. Town of Duson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 1, 2005No. Nos. 2005-688, 2005-689, 2005-690PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
pEZELL, Judge.
These consolidated proceedings were instituted by the Acadia Parish Police Jury (“Acadia Parish”) against the Town of Du-son.1 Three separate lawsuits were filed in district court over the course of a two year period, alleging that the ordinances which annexed land located in unincorporated, Acadia Parish, into the municipal limits of the Town of Duson, were unreasonable and should be vacated pursuant to La.R.S. 33:172. The ordinances and resulting annexations took place after the respective landowners submitted petitions to the Town of Duson, requesting same, in accordance with…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Arceneaux v. DomingueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Canter v. Koehring CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Ragas v. Argonaut Southwest Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Pyle v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Roberts v. Town of HendersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2008
- Parish of Acadia v. Town of DusonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
- Phillip M. Roberts v. Town of HendersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2008