Campagna v. City of Baton Rouge

The opinion of the trial judge correctly states and disposes of the issues herein involved, and we adopt it as our own, as follows:

Opinion of Trial Judge.

This is a suit attacking the constitutionality of Act 239 of 1926, known as the “illumination district, or white way statute,” and, indirectly, certain ordinances of the commission council of the city of Baton Rouge enacted thereunder.

The grounds of attack are numerous, but only three are pressed or argued in extenso in plaintiff’s brief. The other grounds, apparently without merit, will be dismissed from further consideration.

In examining…