CAT'S MEOW, INC. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

No. 98-CA-0601.

720 So.2d 1186 (1998)

CAT'S MEOW, INC. d/b/a Cat's Meow, World Beat, Inc. d/b/a Lucky Pierres, St. Louis Bourbon E.C., Inc., d/b/a Wild Bar/River Rats v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS THROUGH the DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, Marina Kahn, Director.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avis M. Russell, Errol B. Conley, Deborah L. Wilson, Andrew P. Schmutz, New Orleans, for Applicant.

Justin A. Zitler, Mitchell J. Landrieu, New Orleans, for Respondent.


KNOLL, Justice.*

This case is before us on a direct appeal from a judgment of the district court declaring unconstitutional a series of ordinances by the City of New Orleans that exempted and imposed amusement taxes on certain events and admissions pursuant to enabling legislation in La.R.S. 4:41 et seq. See LA.CONST. art. V, § 5(D). Although the City Council subsequently amended the ordinances at issue after this appeal was...

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