Legal Opinion
Town of Ball v. Rapides Parish Police Jury
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1984No. 82-4365PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
The appellants 1 before the Court today 2 are the third largest and fastest growing city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and several of its residents. They complain that each of the incorporated municipalities in the Parish, from the smallest village to the largest city, receives a share of the revenues generated from a parish-wide sales tax — each, that is, except the Town of Ball. The citizens of Ball pay the tax like citizens of the other municipalities. The Town, however, gets no individual share of the resulting funds. Although, as we explain in some detail, the…
2Cases cited86 opinions
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3Cited by46 opinions
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