HORSESHOE ENTERTAINMENT v. BOSSIER PARISH POLICE JURY

No. 30502-CA.

714 So.2d 920 (1998)

HORSESHOE ENTERTAINMENT and Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Partnership, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOSSIER PARISH POLICE JURY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by Charles W. Salley, James Migalis, Penny N. Nowell, Shreveport, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Pugh, Pugh & Pugh by Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, James M. Bullers, Bossier Parish District Attorney, Benton, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGHTOWER, BROWN and PEATROSS, JJ.


BROWN, Judge.

Two riverboats engaged in gambling activities and berthed in Bossier City filed this action to restrain and enjoin the enforcement of a $.50 per person boarding fee imposed by the Bossier Parish Police Jury and for a declaratory judgment that the fee was invalid.

Prior to the enactment of the admission fee by the police jury, Bossier City, the only agency authorized by the legislature to impose a $2.50 admission fee, and the boats executed an...

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