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HUDSON v. CITY OF BOSSIER

No. 36,213-CA.

823 So.2d 1085 (2002)

Billy Brooks HUDSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BOSSIER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Lee Little, Shreveport, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John Keith Guice, for Appellee, Bossier Parish School Board.

Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by Charles W. Salley, Penny Nowell, Shreveport, for Isle of Capri Casino.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Edwin L. Blewer, and Glen Langley, Shreveport, for Bossier Parish Sheriffs Office.

Klotz, Simmons & Brainard by David Klotz, Shreveport, for Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation.

Judy A. Welch, Director, Johnny Gray Jones, Youth Shelter, for Johnny Gray Jones Youth Shelter.

Piper & Associates by Robert E. Piper, Jr., Shreveport, for Horseshoe Entertainment.

James Douglas Hall, City Attorney, for City of Bossier City.

Pugh, Pugh & Pugh by Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, and James M. Bullers, District Attorney for Bossier Parish, for Bossier Parish Police Jury.

Before NORRIS, GASKINS and PEATROSS, JJ.

NORRIS, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises out of a taxpayer suit alleging that the City of Bossier City illegally contracted away its right to levy a per-person boarding tax on riverboat gaming operations within its jurisdiction. The plaintiffs now appeal the trial court's grant of an exception of no right of action filed by all defendants except the Bossier Parish Police Jury.

Facts

The plaintiffs in this case are an uncertified class of taxpayers...

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