Legal Opinion
Acosta v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 15, 1968No. 48884PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANDERS, Justice.
Property owners1 in wards six and seven of St. Bernard Parish brought this injunction suit against the Board of Commissioners of Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, Louis Vinsanau, Tax Assessor, and John F. Rowley, Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector, of St. Bernard Parish, seeking to bar the collection of a land acreage exaction for levee protection. The plaintiffs attacked the constitutionality of a 1-966 ordinance 2 of the Board of Commissioners of the Levee District imposing a “local or forced contribution” of fifty cents per acre or fractional acre.3 The plaintiffs sought…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Olan Mills, Inc. of Tennessee v. City of BogalusaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
- Louisiana Ry. & Navigation Co. v. MadereSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Dominion Land Co. v. StarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1924
- McLavy v. American Legion Housing Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- Munson v. Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Gulf Oxygen-Welders Sup. Prof. Shar. P. & T. Agr.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
- Acorn v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Charles v. Sewerage District No. 2 of St. Charles ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- Stream v. Louisiana State Collector of RevenueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973