FRANSEN v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Nos. 2008-CA-0076, 2008-CA-0087.

988 So.2d 225 (2008)

A. Remy FRANSEN, Jr. and Allain F. Hardin v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liskow & Lewis, James Alcee Brown, Brian Anthony Jackson, Shannon Skelton Holtzman, Jason R. Johanson, New Orleans, for appellant in No. 2008-CA-0076.

James D. Caldwell, Attorney General; Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann, LLC, Phillip A. Wittmann, Agnieszka Anna McPeak, New Orleans; Scheuermann and Jones, Lawrence Blake Jones, New Orleans; Penya Marzula Moses-Fields, City Attorney, Robert Joseph Ellis, Jr., Evelyn Foley Pugh, Assistant City Attorneys; Barham, Warner & Bellamy, Richard G. Barham, Shreveport; Fransen & Hardin, Main Freret Hardin, A. Remy Fransen, Jr., New Orleans; Henry L. Klein, New Orleans, for appellee in No. 2008-CA-0076.

Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann, LLC, Phillip A. Wittmann, Agnieszka Anna McPeak, New Orleans; Scheuermann and Jones, Lawrence Blake Jones, New Orleans; Penya Marzula Moses-Fields, City Attorney, Robert Joseph Ellis, Jr., Evelyn Foley Pugh, Assistant City Attorneys; Barham, Warner & Bellamy, Richard G. Barham, Shreveport, for appellants in No. 2008-CA-0087.

James D. Caldwell, Attorney General, Liskow & Lewis, James Alcee Brown, Brian Anthony Jackson, Shannon Skelton Holtzman, Jason R. Johanson, New Orleans, Fransen & Hardin, Allain Freret Hardin, A. Remy Fransen, Jr., New Orleans; Henry L. Klein, New Orleans, for appellee in 2008-CA-0087.


KNOLL, Justice.

In this case, we are called upon to decide whether an ordinance of the City of New Orleans for the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes is a valid exercise of its plenary power under its home rule charter. The ordinance in question permits the City of New Orleans to place for collection with an attorney or collection agent delinquent ad valorem property taxes, to levy penalties, including a penalty to cover costs of collection by an attorney or...

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