SCHMIDT v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 7098.

325 So.2d 671 (1976)

Harry B. SCHMIDT, Jr. v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1976.

Writs Granted March 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Nathan T. Gisclair, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Philip S. Brooks, City Atty., Beuker F. Amann, Lee R. Miller, Jr., Philip D. Lorio, III, Asst. City Attys., for the City of New Orleans and the City Council of New Orleans, defendants-appellees.

Gasper J. Schiro, New Orleans, for Lawrence Comiskey, defendant-appellee.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Robert L. Danner, Jr., Staff Atty., New Orleans, for the Louisiana Tax Commission and the State of Louisiana defendants-appellees.

Before SAMUEL, STOULIG and BOUTALL, JJ.


STOULIG, Judge.

This appeal concerns the validity and constitutionality of a 1973 ad valorem tax on realty within the Central Business District (CBD) of the City of New Orleans. In 1972, Harry B. Schmidt, Jr., paid a $3,686 city property tax on a parcel of ground fronting on Tulane Avenue between Loyola Avenue and South Rampart Street. In 1973 he was billed $6,455.80 for taxes on the same property. The increase resulted...

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