Legal Opinion
Bardwell v. Parish Council of Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 30, 1949No. 39710PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Acting under authority of section 3(a) of Article 14 of the Constitution (added by Act. No. 389 of 1946 which was- approved on November 5, 1946), the people of the Parish of East Baton Rouge adopted a plan of government proposed by a “City-Parish Charter Commission” created under the constitutional amendment. The validity of this “plan of government” was sustanied by this court in State v. City of Baton Rouge, 215 La. 315, 40 So.2d 477.
The constitutional amendment, Section 3(a) of Article 14, in providing for the creation of a new government, declares, among other things,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Kemp v. City of Baton RougeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Betz v. RiviereSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Gray v. WinthropSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
- State Ex Rel. Bussie v. FantSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Connell v. Commission CouncilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Louisiana Associated Gen. Contr. v. CalcasieuSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- Coalson v. City Council of VictoriaTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Budd Const. Co., Inc. v. City of AlexandriaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Montgomery County v. Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
- State Ex Rel. Wenzel v. MurrayMontana Supreme Court · 1978
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