TERREBONNE PARISH POLICE JURY v. BD. OF COM'RS FOR ATCHAFALAYA BASIN LEVEE DIST.

No. 55201.

306 So.2d 707 (1975)

TERREBONNE PARISH POLICE JURY et al. v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR the ATCHAFALAYA BASIN LEVEE DISTRICT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Wurzlow, Jr., Ellender, Wright & Wurzlow, Houma, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joseph W. Cole, Jr., Port Allen, for defendant-appellee.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment action. The Terrebonne Parish Police Jury and the Parishwide Forced Drainage District sought a judicial declaration that Act No. 610 of 1970 is valid and enforceable. The Board of Commissioners for the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District, which had asserted the unconstitutionality of the statute, was made defendant. The district court held the statute to be unconstitutional...

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