Legal Opinion
Opinion Number
Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided August 22, 2005Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Mr. Hardy:
On behalf of the St. Martin Parish School Board, you have asked several questions related to the sale or lease of sixteenth section lands. Specifically, you asked the following four questions:
1. Was it legal for the State or anyone else to sell or lease Section 16 Lands in St. Martin Parish without the authority of the school board?
2. If such sales were illegal, is there any prescription which would limit how many years the School Board could go back to try and sue and reclaim its property or revenue?
3. Is there anything in the United States Constitution or Federal Law which…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Papasan v. AllainSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Cooper v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. Standard Oil Co. of LouisianaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- Alabama v. SchmidtSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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