Legal Opinion

Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government v. Vermilion Parish Police Jury

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 4, 2015No. Nos. 15-637, 15-638Published

1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.

hThe issue in these consolidated suits is the location of the boundary line separating Lafayette and Vermilion Parishes. The litigation is now before this court because the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government (Lafayette City-Parish) appeals a trial court judgment which granted an exception of prescription filed by the Vermilion Parish Police Jury (Vermilion Police Jury), rendered a declaratory judgment in favor of the Vermilion Police Jury, and rejected a reconventional demand filed by the Lafayette City-Parish. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court judgment in all…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rosell v. EscoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  2. Stobart v. State Through DOTDSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  3. Forum for Equality PAC v. McKeithenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2005
  4. Rapides Parish Police Jury v. Grant Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006

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