SMITH v. LOUISIANA SWEET POTATO ADV. & DEV. COM'N

No. 51698.

262 So.2d 371 (1972)

262 La. 64

Elton SMITH et al. v. LOUISIANA SWEET POTATO ADVERTISEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Soileau, Mamou, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dickinson & Perrodin, Sue F. Perrodin, Baton Rouge, Armand J. Brinkhaus, Grand Coteau, for defendants-appellees.


HAMLIN, Justice:

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the trial court which dismissed their demands at their costs and held that LSA-R.S. 3:451 et seq. were not unconstitutional because of legislative and jurisprudential exclusion of certain groups from the sweet potato tax imposed by LSA-R.S. 3:455. Oral argument was not presented to this Court, the matter being submitted on printed briefs.

Plaintiffs,1 buyers of sweet potatoes...

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