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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 8, 1998

property can only be taken after authorization by the Board of Alderman. … See also, City of New Orleans v. Southern Auto Wreckers , 192 So. 523 (1940); Town of Jonesville v. Boyd , 108 So. 481 (1926); City of New Orleans v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 3, 1995

Cataldie v. Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Co. , 433 So.2d 367 ,371 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1983), aff'd 456 So.2d 1373 (La. 1984). … Cataldie v. Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Co. , 456 So.2d at 1374 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 25, 2009

Pursuant to statute, LSERS is placed under the management of a Board of Trustees (Board) which has the specific mandate to manage the members' funds for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits and paying administrative … As support of this position, you cite the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal decision in Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System, et al v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 17, 1999

Zapata Haney Corp. v. Larpenter, 583 So.2d 867 (La.App. 1 st Cir. 1991), writ denied. We also bring to your attention the ruling in the case of Hotel Dieu v. Williams, 410 So.2d 1111 (La. 1982). … body or assessors from the action of the board of review.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 21, 2002

Kelly v. Weil, 563 So.2d 221 , at 224 (La. Jun. 4, 1990), citing Practical English Handbook, Rule 20. As mentioned earlier, LA. … Ritchie v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 595 So.2d 1158 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1991) writ denied.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 11, 1995

The Board of Regents filed suit. … Regents v. Trustees , 491 So.2d 399 , 401 (1st Cir. 1986), writ denied 494 So.2d 1176 (1986). The Court went on to hold that in the absence of a constitutional grant of such authority, it remained with the legislature.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 14, 2000

According to your correspondence, several fire protection districts and the Rapides Parish Fair Board have expressed an interest in obtaining the movable metal buildings. … This constitutional provision was examined 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.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 18, 1994

Smith v. Town of Vinton , 209 La. 587 , 25 So.2d 237 (La. 1946). Moreover, the town treasurer can only disburse municipal funds on a warrant "issued by the order of the mayor and board of aldermen." … In State v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 10, 1996

Estay v. Lafourche Parish School Board , 230 So.2d 443 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1969). … In ruling for the Lafourche Parish School Board, the court held that the school board's regulation in this instance was neither arbitrary nor unreasonable.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 31, 2008

Hamilton: You have requested an opinion of this office on behalf of the Louisiana Community Technical College System ("LCTCS") regarding the policy adopted by the LCTCS Board entitled Policy for Expenditures Related to LCTCS … Recently, in Board of Directors of the Industrial Development Board of the City of Gonzales v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 16, 1998

Op. 89-259 this office, with reliance upon Board of Com'rs v. … The Louisiana Supreme Court stated in the Board of Commissioners case, supra, that a levee board is to discharge the state's duties of flood protection, and property is placed under its control for supervision and administration

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 14, 1997

Knecht v. Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities, 591 So.2d 690 (La. 1991) citing T.L. James Co. v. Montgomery, 332 So.2d 834 (La. 1976). … a teacher to give some or all of his accrued sick leave days to another school board employee.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 22, 1996

the recent Louisiana Supreme Court decision of Board of Commissioners of the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District v. … Lafourche Conservation, Levee and Drainage District v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 9, 1999

Ciaccio: On behalf of the Board of Commissioners (the "Board") of the Lakeview Crime Prevention District (the "District"), you have requested an Attorney General's opinion regarding the legality of a proposed transfer of … This constitutional provision has been interpreted by the Louisiana Supreme Court in City of Port Allen v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 4, 1996

Tureau: You advise this office that the current hospital board of East Ascension General Hospital is governed by five (5) commissioners. … City of New Orleans v. Board of Commissioners of Orleans Levee District , 640 So.2d 237 (1994). However, an ordinance in contradiction to state law would be violative of constitutional mandate.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 26, 1999

You state that the Evangeline Parish School Board employs permanent school bus drivers that are selected and hired by the School Board and are supervised by the School Board. … Employees of parish and city school boards who drive buses to colleges or universities may, at the discretion of the employing school board, be exempted from the age requirements provided herein, but shall meet those age

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 2, 1995

the board of aldermen are not prohibited by the Louisiana dual officeholding statute from serving on the board of commissioners of Fire District #8, Caddo Parish. … In Brasseaux v. Vermilion Parish Police Jury , 361 So.2d 35 (La.App. 1978), the court stated in Art. VI, Sec. 15 the word "agency" includes boards and commissions.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 17, 2001

statements cancelled checks; Correspondences; Minutes of meetings of the board. … First we note that the court has declared that the indigent defender program is a public body subject to the public records law, Denoux v. Bertel , 682 So.2d 300 , (La.App. 4 Cir. 1997).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 4, 2006

The question of the applicability of antitrust laws to state entities was first addressed by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1943 in the case of Parker v. Brown. … Brown, 317 U.S. 341 , 63 S.Ct. 307 , 313 (1943). 3 435 U.S. 389 , 98 S.Ct. 1123 , 1127 (1978). 4 Id. 1137. 5 Louisiana Power Light Company v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 6, 2000

of commissioners of the district . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The observations of the Louisiana Supreme Court in Bayou Cane Fire Dept. v. … See also Winn V. City of Kenner , 225 So.2d 662 , 663 (La.App 4th Cir. 1969) (fire protection districts are subdivisions of state).