Legal Opinion
Hicks v. City of Monroe Utilities Commission
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 25, 1958No. 8931PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AYRES, Judge.
Involved in this appeal is a suit for an injunction directed against the City of Monroe, as the owner, and the City of Monroe Utilities Commission, as the operator (under the provisions of Act 256 of 1956), of a municipal water plant and water distribution system, brought by water customers of defendants who reside in an area outside of but adjacent to the city limits of Monroe.
By their suit plaintiffs, 73 in number, challenged as discriminatory and confiscatory a water rate which had been fixed by defendant Utilities Commission. They seek a declaratory judgment decreeing the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hicks v. City of Monroe Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
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