Legal Opinion
Levy v. Parker
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 28, 1972No. Civ. A. 70-243PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge.
This taxpayer suit asserts the unconstitutionality of a Louisiana statute and of provisions of the Louisiana constitution that, in conjunction with the assessment practices of Louisiana officials, regulate the distribution of state funds to the various Louisiana parishes for the purpose of reimbursing those parishes for revenues lost as a result of the state *899exemption of homesteads from ad valorem taxation. The petitioners contend that the distribution with respect to taxpayers owning homes and paying income and alcoholic beverage taxes in Orleans parish is unequal…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Weissman v. EvansNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Town of Ball v. Rapides Parish Police JuryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Ass'n v. State Board of Equalization, Department of Revenue & TaxationWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
- Claire W. Anthony v. Franklin County and Willis "Bill" CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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