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BD. OF COM'RS OF LA. v. ALL TAXPAYERS ETC.

Nos. 61586, 61622.

360 So.2d 863 (1978)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL POWER COMMISSION (LAMPCO) v. ALL TAXPAYERS PROPERTY OWNERS, AND CITIZENS of the State of Louisiana (including particularly the Citizens of the Municipalities of Franklin Morgan City, Natchitoches and Opelousas, the Creators of the Louisiana Muncipal Power Commission) and Non-Residents Owning Property or Subject to Taxation therein, and all other Persons Interested in or Affected in any way by the Issuance of Electric Revenue Bonds of the Louisiana Municipal power Commission.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied July 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Murchison, Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern, Natchitoches, Salvador L. Diesi, Richard B. Millspaugh, Opelousas, Harold B. Judell, William H. Beck, Jr., Foley, Judell, Beck, Bewley & Martin, John W. Cox, Cox, Osborne & Michaelis, Michael R. Fontham, Paul L. Zimmering, Ewell P. Walther, Jr., Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, Harmon F. Roy, Mouton, Roy, Carmouche, Bivins & Hill, Lafayette, for plaintiff-applicant.

Alfred S. Lippman, Nicholas F. Larocca, Jr., Lippman, Mahfouz & Martin, Morgan City, Jack C. Caldwell, James R. McClelland, Aycock, Horne, Caldwell, Coleman & Duncan, Franklin, for defendants-respondents.

Harmon F. Roy, Mouton, Roy, Carmouche, Bivins & Hill, Lafayette, for amici curiae for City of Lafayette.

Kermit M. Simmons, Simmons & Derr, Winnfield, C. Jack Pearce, Wallace E. Brand, Pearce & Brand, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae for Cities of Winnfield, Vidalia and Jonesboro.

Eddie N. Pullaro, Pullaro & Daigle, Houma, Hale M. Walker, Walker, Holstead & Smith, Ruston, for amici curiae City of Ruston and the Bd. of Commissioners of Electric Power Systems Authority.

CALOGERO, Justice.

We granted writs in this case upon application of plaintiff, Board of Commissioners of Louisiana Municipal Power Commission [hereinafter referred to simply as LAMPCO].1

LAMPCO, a joint commission and agency/instrumentality of four Louisiana cities is a corporate political subdivision of the State of Louisiana created by virtue of an intergovernmental agreement among the governing bodies of Morgan City, Franklin...

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