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CIPRIANO v. CITY OF HOUMA

Civ. A. No. 67-1853.

286 F.Supp. 823 (1968)

Joseph Q. CIPRIANO, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF HOUMA, G. Leslie Broussard, Mayor, Christian L. Olivier, Charles Davidson, Peter Bourgeois, Jr., Samuel Lusco and Wilbert P. Bonvillian, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

July 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth T. Watkins, J. Louis Watkins, Jr., James C. Walker, Jr., Houma, La., for plaintiff.

Kenneth C. De Jean, Baton Rouge, La., Sp. Counsel to Atty. Gen., intervenor.

R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for Louisiana Municipal Assn., amicus curiæ.

E. E. Huppenbauer, Jr., New Orleans, La., Ted J. Borowski, Houma, La., for defendants.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and RUBIN and COMISKEY, District Judges.

RUBIN, District Judge:

A resident of the City of Houma, Louisiana, has brought a class action seeking an injunction to prevent the City from issuing utility revenue bonds approved by a vote of the property taxpayers at a special election. In addition, he seeks a judgment declaring that the provisions of Louisiana law under which the election was held violate the federal constitution. The plaintiff is a qualified voter, but not a property owner. He contends that he...

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