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WORLD TRADE CENTER v. ALL TAXPAYERS

No. 2005-CA-0374.

908 So.2d 623 (2005)

WORLD TRADE CENTER TAXING DISTRICT v. ALL TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, and Citizens of World Trade Center Taxing District and Nonresidents Owning Property or Subject to Taxation therein, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion August 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, LLP, Fred Lee Chevalier, Baton Rouge, Raedtha A. Vasquez, Elkins, PLC, Gary J. Elkins, Richard Louis Traina, Jordan Barro Monsour, Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, Russ Michael Herman, Steven J. Lane, Soren Krik Gisleson, Sher Garner Cahill Richtier Klein McAlister & Hilbert, LLC, Timothy Benedict Francis, James Michael Garner, Joshua Simon Force, Kenneth M. Carter, PLC, Kenneth M. Carter, New Orleans, counsel for appellant.

Bryan & Jupiter, Clare Frances Jupiter, New Orleans, Ward & Condrey, LLC, Joseph R. Ward, Jr., Covington, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, George Denegre, Jr., Robert S. Angelico, Cheryl Mollere Kornick, Kenneth Todd Wallace, Roedel, Parson, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, Larry Michael Roedel, Brent Joseph Bourgeois, Baton Rouge, counsel for appellee.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Johnson, August 25, 2005.

KNOLL, Justice.*

In this case we are called upon to decide whether an act of the legislature is a valid exercise of the legislature's plenary power. The act in question creates a political subdivision/taxing district within the city of New Orleans, granting to that district's board the authority to levy and collect a hotel occupancy tax within the district, in lieu of any...

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