Legal Opinion
Conachen v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 23, 2009No. 2009 CA 0100PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McClendon, j.
12Plaintiffs, former employees of a parish school board, appeal a trial court’s ruling granting the board’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the school board did not abuse its authority and discretion in allocating surplus proceeds from a 1998 sales tax proposition. For the following reasons, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In 1998, the voters of East Baton Rouge Parish (EBR) approved a one-cent sales tax proposition, which dedicated 41% of the revenue to increase the compensation of teachers and other school board employees. The proposition approved by the voters…
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