Legal Opinion
City of New Orleans v. Lea
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 15, 1859PublishedCited by 13 opinions
from the Sixth District Court of New Orleans, Howell, J,
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The question in this case is, whether the city of New Orleans has the right, under the Constitution, to tax the salary of a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State.
There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant has appealed.
The first Article of the Constitution of 1852 provides, “ That the powers of the government of the State of Louisiana shall be divided into three distinct de*198partments, and each of them be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to-wit: those which are legislative to one; those which are executive to another; and those which are judicial to another.”
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2Cited by13 opinions
- Evans v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Booth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Gordy v. DennisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1939
- State ex rel. Wickham v. NygaardWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
- Matter of Benvenga v. La GuardiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
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