Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission v. Cargill, Inc.

Assuming the majority properly concluded that the Commission lease to Cargill grants an exclusive right to operate a public grain elevator in the port area on property belonging to the Commission, I am nevertheless unable to agree with the result reached. I believe the contention of the Commission to be valid that there is nothing in the law which authorizes the Commission to grant an exclusive right, franchise or monopoly to operate a grain elevator or elevators in the port area

Counsel for the Commission contend, and the majority appears to concede, as it must, that a public body has no…