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LOUISIANA v. JACK

No. 264.

244 U.S. 397 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 605

61 L.Ed. 1222

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HON. GEORGE WHITEFIELD JACK, JUDGE OF UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry Gamble, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, with whom Mr. A.V. Coco, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, was on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. Henry Bernstein and Mr. Willard F. Keeney for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

By act of its General Assembly in 1886 amended in 1888 the State of Louisiana created the Tensas Basin Levee District for the purpose of providing a system of levees and other works to aid in protecting the lands within its boundaries from floods and overflow. The act provided for the appointment of a Levee Board of Commissioners to have charge of the affairs of the District and constituted this Board a corporation...

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