Legal Opinion

Akin v. Caddo Parish Police Jury

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 31, 1970No. 11409PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AYRES, Judge.

This is an action by 29 representative citizens, residents, and taxpayers of the City of Shreveport and of the Parish of Caddo to enjoin the Caddo Parish Police Jury from proceeding further with its plans to expand, to enlarge, and to otherwise improve the Caddo Parish Courthouse, an undertaking authorized in a special bond and tax election of October 29, 1968, and, further, to prohibit the removal of any of the live oak trees circling the courthouse square to make room for the proposed improvements. The plans contemplate, among other things, the construction of two wings to the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Anderson v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1928
  2. Donaldson v. Police Jury of Tangipahoa ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
  3. Archer v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1956
  4. City of Shreveport v. ConradSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
  5. City of Shreveport v. KahnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bussie v. LongLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
  2. Manuel v. Evangeline Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
  3. Chesapeake Operating, Inc. v. City of ShreveportLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
  4. Akin v. Caddo Parish Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
  5. Shreveport Chapter 237 of United Daughters of the Confederacy v. Caddo Parish Comm'nDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 2018

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