FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION

No. 29888.

440 F.2d 675 (1971)

FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Feringa, Jr., Gibbons Burke, Charles B. Johnson, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La., John E. Jackson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., William W. Ogden, Charlton B. Ogden, William R. Ary, Ogden & Ogden, New Orleans, La., William P. Schuler, Second Asst. Atty. Gen., Dorothy D. Wolbrette, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, La., for appellees.

James Fleet Howell, Shreveport, La. for Donald C. Moseley, Secretary-Treasurer of City of Shreveport, La.

Before GODBOLD, CLARK and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Ford Motor Credit Company brought this action against the Louisiana Tax Commission, its individual members, and local (parish and municipal) tax assessors and collectors in six parishes in Louisiana in which Ford maintains places of business and in which its property consisting of intangible credits has been assessed for ad valorem taxation.

Ford sought a declaration that the assessments are unconstitutional and asked that they be ordered...

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