Legal Opinion

Town of Sterlington v. East Ouachita Recreation District No. 1

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided January 27, 2017No. 51,480-CAPublished

1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.

| iThis matter is before us as an expedited appeal, pursuant to La. R.S. 13:5128. The plaintiffs, Town of Sterlington and Lucia Holtzclaw,1 appeal from a trial court judgment denying their challenge to the proposed expenditure of ad valorem tax proceeds by the East Ouachita Recreational District No. 1 (“EORD”) to secure bonds and their request for an injunction prohibiting the issuance of the proposed bonds. For the reasons outlined below, we affirm the trial court judgment.

FACTS

On April 18, 1977, the Ouachita Parish Police Jury (“OPPJ”) created the EORD for the purpose of owning and…

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Hemler v. Richland Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
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Police Jury of the Parish of Acadia v. All TaxpayersLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995
East Baton Rouge Parish Sch. Bd. v. FosterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003

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