Legal Opinion
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Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided September 24, 2009Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Mayor Gilbreath:
You advise this office that the Village of Collinston is a Lawrason Act municipality, governed by the provisions of La.R.S.33:321, et seq. As Mayor, and on behalf of the Village's Board of Aldermen, you ask this office to advise what regulatory authority the Village has over the sale of alcoholic beverages within the Village.
Before responding to your specific questions, a discussion of the history of the sales of alcoholic beverages in the Village of Collinston (hereafter, the Village) and Morehouse Parish is appropriate.
I. Village Ordinance No. 51 (1914).
By Ordinance No.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cox Cable v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Police Ass'n of New Orleans v. New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
- Sabine Police Jury v. Com'r of AlcoholSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2005
- City of Zwolle v. PolkLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
- Tolar v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
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