Legal Opinion
Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government v. Person
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 16, 2012No. 2012-C-0307PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
|, At issue is whether the court of appeal erred in holding the district court was manifestly erroneous in finding that a governmental entity proved a sufficient public necessity for expropriating property. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the court of appeal did not properly apply the manifest error standard of review. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeal and reinstate the judgment of the district court.
UNDERLYING FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The Settlement Subdivision in Lafayette was developed in 1979, and contains approximately 158 residential units. It is…
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