American Waste & Pollution Control Co. v. St. Martin Parish Police Jury

ORTIQUE, Justice.1

The Parish of St. Martin and the St. Martin Parish Police Jury (collectively, “St. Martin”) petitioned for a declaratory judgment on the constitutionality of LSA-R.S. 33:1236.16 which authorized St. Martin to provide for zoning and siting for the disposal of solid waste within the parish, and for the lifting of a permanent injunction which enjoined St. Martin from enacting any zoning or land use ordinances until it had appropriate constitutional authority to do so from the Louisiana legislature. Respondent, Waste Management of Louisiana, Inc. (“Waste Management”), formerly…