Legal Opinion

Petition of Sewerage and Water Bd. of New Orleans

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 2, 1965No. 47739PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCALEB, Justice.

Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans petitioned the Civil District Court for a judgment determining the constitutionality of Act 549 of 1964, which is a joint resolution proposing to amend Section 23.3 of Article XIV of the Constitution of Louisiana so as to authorize the Board to issue Water Revenue Bonds. The proposal was submitted to the electors at the general elecr tion held on November 3, 1964 and proclaimed by the Governor on November 21, 1964 to have been adopted by a majority vote of the electors voting thereon.

The Board’s petition alleges that Section 4 of Act…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stoddard v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
  2. State v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ETC.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  3. Tugwell v. Members of the Board of HighwaysSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  4. Burton v. LesterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1955
  5. State ex rel. John T. Moore Planting Co. v. HowellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Abbott v. ParkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  2. St. Charles Parish School Bd. v. GAF Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  3. American Waste v. St. Martin ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  4. Hainkel v. HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. Louisiana Independent Auto Dealers Ass'n v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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