Case law

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 10, 2010

Code § 65863.4 (California law establishing a process to consider grandfathering certain nonconforming residential uses). … In such a situation, clearly, the cemetery in which the remains are found does not lose its character as a dedicated cemetery; nor is the primary jurisdiction of law enforcement impinged upon merely because of the property's

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 28, 2002

The rationale of that opinion does not clearly support the conclusion in Opinion 90-149 although it does allude to a provision in the Lawrason Act. … The person filling this vacancy on an interim basis may qualify for this position at the subsequent election.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 24, 2010

Your concern is whether any statutes, particularly La.R.S. 41:891 , La.R.S. 41:892 , or La.R.S. 33:1321 , establish a mandatory procedure (i.e., public bid requirement) for the transfer of the property from the School Board … Thus, it is the opinion of this Office that the School Board clearly owns the portion of the Peebles Elementary School that is situated on the leased property.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 20, 2005

The cases noted above clearly provide for a suspension of due process and notice requirements in the event of a natural disaster. … In so holding, we note that the parish or municipality should establish objective eligibility requirements to ensure that the activity truly serves only the needy.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 26, 2003

The Bossier City Council, on April 18, 2000, passed an ordinance to establish a citizen's charter review commission for the purpose of revising Bossier City's home rule charter. 2. … Thus, Attorney General Opinion No. 81-270 did not need to rely on R.S. 33:1395.4 , as this statute was not enacted until 1977 and clearly did not pertain to a pre-1974 home rule charter government.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 21, 2006

Thus, based on the foregoing authority, we believe that, absent some local ordinance, the establishment of any separate account presumably to be designated for the use of law enforcement purposes is prohibited. … Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy, used only sparingly, and then to compel performance of a ministerial duty that is clearly required by law; it does not issue in a doubtful case. See City of Shreveport v.