Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Tallant v. Board of Com'rs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 3, 1926No. 27509PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSt. Paul, J.
In the preamble to Act 70 of 1896, p. 102, the people of the state of Louisiana, through their representatives in General Assembly convened (quorum pars magna fui), recognized and published the fact that the port of New Orleans had been gradually extended until it had reached beyond the limits and jurisdiction of the city of New Orleans; but that the divided authority of three parishes (Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard) and the multiplicity of officials, with their various fees and charges, were operating to injure the traffic of said port, by imposing a tax on shipping of such proportions…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Duffy v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
- Lacoste v. Department of ConservationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- State ex rel. Exnicios v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- State ex rel. Sonnenberg v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1921
- State Ex Rel. Skelly v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Murtagh v. Department of City Civil ServiceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- C. H. Leavell & Company v. Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and Department of Highways, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- State Ex Rel. Boucher v. HeardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
- Simmler v. PhiladelphiaCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Fouchaux v. Board of Com'rsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
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