LAKE CHARLES H & T DIST. v. CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 91-1434.

613 So.2d 1031 (1993)

LAKE CHARLES HARBOR & TERMINAL DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALCASIEU PARISH POLICE JURY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Dees, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Gernine M. Mailhes, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and COOKS, JJ.


COOKS, Judge.

This is a declaratory action seeking to resolve a zoning controversy between two political subdivisions, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (the District) and Calcasieu Parish Police Jury (the Police Jury). Although each political subdivision exercises separate powers delegated by the State, their jurisdictional boundaries geographically overlap. As a consequence, we must determine whether the Police Jury has authority to enact zoning regulations...

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