CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. STATE

No. 83-CA-1767.

443 So.2d 562 (1983)

The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, etc., et al. v. The STATE of Louisiana, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion January 23, 1984.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvador Anzelmo, City Atty., Galen Brown, Asst. City Atty., Phillip A. Wittmann, Wayne J. Lee, Judy Y. Barrasso, Steven W. Usdin, Stone, Pigman, Wlather, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Louis M. Jones and Maureen J. Feran, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendants-appellants.


WATSON, Justice.

In this contest between the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana over control of Audubon Park, the parties dispute the ownership of the park property and the constitutionality of Act 485 of 1983. Intervenors on behalf of the state include "Friends of the Zoo", a nonprofit group incorporated in 1975 to help the New Orleans Zoo, which is located in Audubon Park.

Plaintiffs, the City of New...

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