ZAPATA HAYNIE CORP. v. LARPENTER

No. 90 CA 0677.

583 So.2d 867 (1991)

ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION v. Jerry J. LARPENTER, Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector for Terrebonne Parish.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Gusman, New Orleans, Christopher Dicharry, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff and appellant, Zapata Haynie Corp.

Jerri G. Smitko, William F. Dodd, Houma, for defendant and appellee, Jerry J. Larpenter, Sheriff.

Before SAVOIE, CRAIN and FOIL, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

This case involves the issue of whether LSA Const. art. VII § 21(C)(15) (hereinafter referred to as the "commercial seafood exemption"), an exemption from ad valorem taxes for commercial vessels used to gather seafood for human consumption, applies to vessels which engage in menhaden fishing.

Zapata Haynie Corporation, plaintiff, paid under protest $43,758.83 to the Sheriff of Terrebonne Parish, defendant, for 1988 ad valorem taxes on its...

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