Legal Opinion
Police Jury of the Parish of Acadia v. All Taxpayers
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 1995No. W95-145PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I iWOODARD, Judge.
|2The issue is whether the police jury of Acadia Parish exceeded its authority by entering into a contract that would allow out-of-parish waste to be disposed of at the parish landfill.
FACTS
In 1980, the municipalities within Acadia Parish were responsible for operating their own waste disposal facilities. At approximately the same time, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources implemented new regulations, concerning waste disposal facilities, which none of the municipally owned waste disposal facilities could meet. Therefore, Acadia Parish was faced with a critical…
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