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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 28, 2005

On April 8, 2004, the Board of Commissioners of the District ("the Board") altered the boundaries to include the additional territory. … White v. Livingston Parish School Bd., 111 So. 700 (La. 1927) presents facts similar to the ones in this case.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 14, 1992

Watson v. City of Memphis, Tenn., 373 U.S. 531 , 529, 83 S.Ct. 1314 , 1316 , (1963) and cases cited therein. Cf. Art. I , Sections 2 and 3 La. Const'n (1974). … is not past or present service on the board.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 12, 1993

board present at a meeting. … In Eubanks v. City of Opelousas, 590 So.2d 740 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1991), the Third Circuit, likewise, acknowledged this distinction. Quoting from James v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 5, 1996

R.S. 33:4727 states that the local legislative body may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment. However, in Coogan v. … We also find it pertinent to recognize in Lafourche Parish Council v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 19, 2003

Montgomery v. White , 320 F. Supp. 303 , 304 (E.D.Tex. 1969). In Simcox v. … United States v. Jackson , 390 U.S. 570 , 581 , 88 S.Ct. 1209 , 1216 , 20 L.Ed.2d 138 (1968).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 27, 1992

Art. 3 , § 16 ; Segura v. Louisiana Architects Selection Board, 353 So.2d 330 (1st Cir. 1977), remanded on other grounds 362 So.2d 498 . … Henry v. Edwards, 346 So.2d (La. 1977).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 13, 2004

Wilson v. Butler, 513 So.2d 304 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1987). The fact that a residence is maintained for political purposes does not itself prevent the residence from being actual and bona fide. … Williamson v. Village of Baskin, 339 So.2d 474 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1977); writ den.: 341 So.2d 1126 (La. 1977).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 9, 2002

such board or commission specifies that one or more members of the council shall serve on such board or commission." … Brasseaux v. Vermilion Parish Police Jury, 361 So.2d 35 (La.App. 1978).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 15, 2001

You state that a recently completed audit of the Board reported that the Board failed to properly invest and secure funds held in the Fund. … See: Read v. U.S. Dept. of Treasury, 169 F.3d 243 (5th Cir. 1999); St. Charles Land Trust, Achille Guibet v. St.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 10, 2011

*Page 2 A "political subdivision" is defined by La.R.S. 13:5102 (B)(1) as including: [a]ny parish, municipality, special district, school board, sheriff, public board, institution, department, commission, district, corporation … Boyce Assistant Attorney General JDC: EAB 1 See also Kohler v. Housing Authority of New Orleans , 2000-2558 (La.App. 4 Cir. 3/6/02) , 812 So.2d 851 . 2 La. Atty. Gen. Op.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 11, 1991

of the contracting board. … The issue which you have raised was considered by our courts in Hayden v. Richland Parish School Board, 554 So.2d 164 La.App. 2nd Cir. 1989; writ denied, 1990.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 28, 2001

Interstate Oil Pipe Line v. Guilbeau, 217 La. 160 , 46 So.2d 113 (1950); State on behalf of J.A.V., 558 So.2d 214 (La. 1990). … Board of Directors of Louisiana Recovery Dist. v. All Taxpayers, Property Owners, etc ., 529 So.2d 384 (La. 1988). This presumption is especially forceful in the case of statutes enacted to promote a public purpose.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 2, 2001

The Court, in Mouras v. Jefferson Parish School Board, 300 So.2d 540 (4th Cir. 1974) writ denied in 302 So.2d (La. … In the later case of Kuehn v. Calcasieu Parish School Board , 647 So.2d 544 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1994), the court again looked at a local board's authority to reduce salaries.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 15, 2006

Similar reasoning is seen in Tri-County Public Airport Authority v. Board of County Commissioners, 245 Kan 301 , 777 P.2d 843 , (1989) and Salina Airport Authority v. … Similar reasoning is seen in Tri-County Public Airport Authority v. Board of County Commissioners, 245 Kan 301 , 777 P.2d 843 , (1989) and Salina Airport Authority v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 31, 2000

of the Board. … See Beard-Poulan, Inc. v. Dept. of Highways , 362 F. Supp. 547 (W.D.La. 1973) and Town of Brusly v. West Baton Rouge Parish Police Jury , 283 So.2d 288 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1973).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 2, 1996

is in conflict with his duties as a member of the board. … As stated in Lyman v. Town of Sunset , 500 So.2d 390 (La. 1987); Smith v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 11, 1996

No ordinance shall be adopted except by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board. (2) Any act of the board which is not law shall be by resolution. … The distinctions between the two are extensively discussed in the case of Eubanks v. City of Opelousas, 590 So.2d 740 (La.App 3rd Cir. 1991). Quoting from James v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 3, 1997

to public employees for services previously compensated is prohibited by Art. 7 , Sec. 14 of the Louisiana Constitution, and pay raises to be legal must be in the form of salary increases for the future, citing McElveen v. … These opinions were referred to by the court in Hayes v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 20, 2002

This opinion dealt with whether the actions taken by the Gravity Drainage District Board, wherein some members were illegally appointed, were binding. Our office cited Fakier v. … Telerecovery of La., Inc. v. Rayborn , 2002 WL 468033 , (La.App. 1 Cir.).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 19, 1993

VII, Sec. 14(C), which was interpreted by the Supreme Court in City of Port Allen v. Louisiana Municipal Risk Agency, Inc., 439 So.2d 399 (La. 1983). In City of Port Allen, the Court stated that Art. … We note that the Supreme Court's decision in Guste v. Nicholls College Foundation, 564 So.2d 682 (La. 1990) indicates that a transfer of property by a political subdivision would not violate Art.