SABINE POLICE JURY v. COM'R OF ALCOHOL

No. 2004-C-1833.

898 So.2d 1244 (2005)

SABINE PARISH POLICE JURY v. COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOL & TOBACCO CONTROL. Sabine Manufacturing, Inc. v. Sabine Parish Police Jury & Sheriff Guffey Pattison.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hon. Don M. Burkett, District Attorney, Counsel for Applicant.

Kelly, Townsend & Thomas, Donald G. Kelly, Natchitoches, Celia R. Cangelosi, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Respondent.


TRAYLOR, Justice.

We are asked to determine the effect on a local option election previously held by a ward in Sabine Parish after the parish has restructured itself on an election district basis. In this case, a portion of the ward, which previously voted to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages, has become a part of an election district which has never voted to prevent the sale of alcoholic beverages. Finding that the provisions of La. R.S. 26:583 dictate that...

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