TOWN OF BALL v. RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 82-4365.

746 F.2d 1049 (1984)

TOWN OF BALL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur & Corkern, William P. Crews, Jr., R. Raymond Arthur, Natchitoches, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Howard B. Gist, Jr., Howard B. Gist, III, Alexandria, La., for City of Alexandria.

Gary Partney, Alexandria, La., for Town of Glenmora and Forest Hill.

Edwin O. Ware, III, Dist. Atty., Gus Voltz, Jr., Alexandria, La., for Rapides Parish Police Jury, Rapides Parish School Board & Town of Cheneyville.

Downs & Downs, James Crawford Downs, Alexandria, La., for Town of Boyce.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

The appellants1 before the Court today2 are the third largest and fastest growing city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and several of its residents. They complain that each of the incorporated municipalities in the Parish, from the smallest village to the largest city, receives a share of the revenues generated from a parish-wide sales tax...

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