BAYOU CANE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. v. TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVT.

No. 89-CA-0982.

548 So.2d 915 (1989)

BAYOU CANE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT v. TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, Terrebonne Parish Council, Teddy Dune and Harris Henry.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Butler, III, Houma, for appellant.

James Funderburk, Vincent Dagate, Jr., Houma, for appellee.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jesse James Marks, Lois C. Davis, Anne F. Benoit, Asst. Attys. Gen., Intervenors.


COLE, Justice.

This matter comes before the Court on direct appeal pursuant to La. Const. Art. V,

§ 5(D). At issue is the constitutionality of R.S. 40:1504, 1987 La.Acts 454, which deals with the allocation of fire district tax revenues in Fire District 1, 2, 3 located in Terrebonne Parish. The Bayou Cane Volunteer Fire Department (Bayou Cane) brought suit to enjoin enforcement of a parish ordinance that contained provisions contrary to the statute. The...

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