Legal Opinion
Pillow v. Board of Commissioners
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 23, 1985No. Nos. 16874-CA, 16875-CAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MARVIN, Judge.
In these consolidated mandamus actions, the Levee Board appeals judgments ordering it to pay executory money judgments rendered for lands taken and used for levee purposes along the Mississippi River. See Pillow v. Board of Com’rs, 425 So.2d 1267 (La.App. 2d Cir.1982), writ denied, 445 So.2d 1225 (La.1984).1 We amend and affirm. LSA-Const. Art. 6, § 42.2
The Board asserts that plaintiffs have no right and no cause of action for mandamus, that mandamus proceedings were improperly employed, and that the judgments for the fair market value of the lands taken and used and for the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Eldridge v. TrezevantSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- League of Women Voters v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Pillow v. Board of Com'rsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Terrebonne v. South Lafourche Tidal ControlSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Pillow v. Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985