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CITY OF SHREVEPORT v. KAUFMAN

No. 60102.

353 So.2d 995 (1977)

CITY OF SHREVEPORT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David P. KAUFMAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gallagher, City Atty., Lawrence K. McCollum, Charles R. Scott, Asst. City Attys., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack H. Kaplan, Gamm, Greenberg & Kaplan, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

This case raises important issues concerning the effect of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 upon local-subdivision home rule charters. Specifically, we must decide whether the 1950 charter of the City of Shreveport, in the light of the 1974 constitution, may validly grant to that municipality the authority to punish conduct as gambling which is not included within the state legislature's definition of the...

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