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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 9, 2005

City of New Orleans v. Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District , 93-0690, 640 So.2d at 244. See also, St. Charles Gaming Co., Inc. v. … In Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 28, 2000

Attorney General Opinion #90-598 citing Board of Commissioners v. Department of Natural Resources, 496 So.2d 281 (La. 1986). … Attorney General Opinion #94-497 citing Macon v. Costa, 437 So.2d 806 (La. 1983 ).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 21, 1994

requesting an Attorney General's Opinion and I have received additional information from District Attorney Cassidy and Assistant District Attorney William Riley, which includes minutes of the February 1, 1994 Drainage District Board … Terrebonne Parish Police Jury v. Mathern, 405 So.2d 314 (La. 1981). See also Attorney General Opinion 1946-48, p. 384.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 21, 1995

Based upon this constitutional provision in Francis v. … However, in State v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 29, 1993

(emphasis added) In Morial v. … Orleans Parish School Board, 332 So.2d 503 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1976), writ denied, 337 So.2d 530 (1976), the provisions of R.S. 17:1201 -1212, which provide a formula for determining the amount to be paid a teacher who is absent

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 29, 1999

State v. Rogers , 87 So. 504 (La. 1921). To give a statute the effect obviously intended by the Legislature, a manifest error or obvious inadvertence in the use of words may be corrected. City of Shreveport v. … Polk v. Edwards , 662 So.2d 1128 (La. 1993); State in the Interest of JAV , 558 So.2d 214 (La. 1980); Gulf Oil Corporation v. State Mineral Board , 317 So.2d 576 (La. 1975).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 28, 1997

In the case of Save Acadia's Water, Inc., et al. v. … Hemler v. Richland Parish School Board, 142 La. 133 , 76 So. 585 (1917). . . .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 10, 2002

Hemler v. Richland Parish School Board, 142 La. 133 , 76 So. 585 (1917). … ACORN v. City of New Orleans, 377 So.2d 1206 ). Black's Law Dictionary (7th ed. 1999) defines the term "special tax" as a tax levied for a unique purpose.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 2, 2009

James Parish School Board from continuing to compensate its auditors on a commission basis. … This conclusion is supported by the interpretation of the relevant terms in Saucier v. Hayes Dairy Products, Inc. , 373 So.2d 102 , 105 (La., 1978); Town of Mamou v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 10, 1995

See U.S. v. State of La., 751 F. Supp. 608 (E.D. La. 1990), at 617, citing State of Louisiana ex rel Guste v. Texaco, Inc. , 433 So.2d 756 (1st cir. 1983). See also Rapides General Hosp. v. … Robinson, 488 So.2d 711 (1st cir. 1986); Bryant v. Louisiana State Pardon Board , 378 So.2d 180 (1st cir. 1979); and State v. Mehojovich, 44 So.2d 481 (1907). 2 See Perpich v. Department of Defense, et al, 110 Sup.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 15, 1998

Vision Center v. Opticks, Inc ., 596 F.2d 111 , 115 (5 th Cir. 1979). … Chinchuba Institute v. St. Tammany Parish School Board , 664 So.2d 1230 , 1233 (La.App. 1 st Cir. 1995).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 10, 2008

See B C Electric, Inc. v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board , 849 So.2d 616 (La.App. 1 st Cir. 2003).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 7, 2004

V § 26 (1974). An assistant district attorney exercises the authority of the judicial branch, as Art. V § 26(B) states: Powers. … considered a "political subdivision" for purposes of the dual officeholding laws as per R.S. 42:62 (9), providing: "Political subdivision" means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local government, including a school board

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 25, 1996

The Governing Authority is interested in submitting additional names for replacement of this member to the Civil Service Board, but inasmuch as the Commissioner is willing to serve another term, there is a concern whether … Com'n v. Myers , 348 So.2d 1334 (La.App. 1977).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 21, 1995

In the case of Alleman v. … Dufresne , 1943, 203 La. 79 , 13 So.2d 468 , the Louisiana Supreme Court had before it the issue of whether a local elected officer, a parish school board member, who had executed his oath of office before a notary public

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 16, 2002

Realty Mart, Inc. v. Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals , 336 So.2d 52 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1976). … Realty Mart, Inc. v. Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals, 336 So.2d 52 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1976); Kramer v. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners , 55 So.2d 93 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1951).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 31, 2007

No. 06-0047; see also Slay v. Louisiana Energy and Power Authority , 473 So.2d 51 (La. 1985). … expansion of commerce and industry are essential to the economic growth of the state and to the full employment, welfare and prosperity of its citizens" to opine that all property held in the name of Industrial Development Boards

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 13, 1994

The Supreme Court of Louisiana, in deciding Louisiana Associated General Contractors, Inc., et al. v. … The Calcasieu Parish School Board, 586 So.2d 1354 , 1991 , at 1365 declared that: "A public entity may not impose a product specification which suppresses competition by eliminating products of equal quality."

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 21, 2004

Question No. 5: Other than having its' chairman serve on the parish board of election supervisors, collect qualifying fees, and appoint committees, what are the legal functions of a parish executive committee? … .; See also, Eu v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 29, 2002

We also draw your attention to Grabert v. Iberia Parish School Board , 638 So.2d 645 (La. 1994), wherein the plaintiff filed suit seeking past wages due under her employment contract.