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POLICE JURY OF ACADIA v. ALL TAXPAYERS

No. W95-145.

653 So.2d 94 (1995)

POLICE JURY OF THE PARISH OF ACADIA, Plaintiffs-Relators, v. ALL TAXPAYERS, et al., Defendants-Respondents. SAVE ACADIA'S WATER, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. ACADIA PARISH POLICE JURY, et al., Defendants-Relators. (Two Cases)

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Order Denying Rehearing and Stay April 18, 1995.

Order Denying Motions On Rehearing April 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Joseph Bertrand, Rayne, Lonnie Bewley, New Orleans, for Police Jury of the Parish of Acadia.

Gerald L. Walter Jr., Baton Rouge, for Waste Management of La., Inc.

Fred G. Benton Jr., Baton Rouge, Thomas Keith Regan, Crowley, for Saw, Inc. et al.

Harold Adam Lawrence, Baton Rouge, for Browning-Ferris, Inc.

William J. Doran Jr., Baton Rouge, for Police Jury Asso. of La., Inc. (amicus).

Gernine Mary Mailhes, Lake Charles, for Calcasieu Parish Police Jury (amicus).

Before YELVERTON, SAUNDERS, WOODARD, DECUIR and PETERS, JJ.

Order Denying Motions to File Amicus Briefs On Rehearing April 18, 1995.

WOODARD, Judge.

The issue is whether the police jury of Acadia Parish exceeded its authority by entering into a contract that would allow out-of-parish waste to be disposed of at the parish landfill.

FACTS

In 1980, the municipalities within Acadia Parish were responsible for operating their own waste disposal facilities. At approximately the same time, the Louisiana...

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