DREWETT v. STATE

No. 10825.

334 So.2d 443 (1976)

J. Clem DREWETT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1976.

Writ Refused October 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred G. Benton, Jr., Baton Rouge, and Frank T. Salter, Jr., Joseph W. Greenwald, Asst. Parish Atty., Robert M. McHale, City Atty., Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Fred L. Chevalier, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Louis D. Bufkin, Lake Charles, for intervenor Charles Molbert.

Before SARTAIN, EDWARDS and CHIASSON, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

This is a suit for declaratory judgment brought by the various plaintiffs herein seeking a declaration of unconstitutionality of Act 719 of 1975 which provides for the allocation and distribution of the Revenue Sharing Fund established by Article 7, Section 26, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. The trial judge upheld the constitutionality of the act and dismissed plaintiffs' suit, thus prompting this appeal. We affirm for reasons stated herein...

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