State Supreme Court / La.

Cat's Meow, Inc. v. City of New Orleans Through Department of Finance

Decided October 20, 1998. Jeanette Theriot Knoll wrote the opinion for the court.

720 So. 2d 1186 · Cited 277 times

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Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steamship Co. v. Commissioners of Emigration · 113 U.S. 33
Parker v. County of Los Angeles · 338 U.S. 327
Ex Parte Baez · 177 U.S. 378
Cox Cable v. City of New Orleans · 624 So. 2d 890
Acorn v. City of New Orleans · 377 So. 2d 1206
Krauss Company v. Develle · 110 So. 2d 104
City of New Orleans v. Board of Com'rs · 640 So. 2d 237
Abbott v. Parker · 249 So. 2d 908
American Waste v. St. Martin Parish · 627 So. 2d 158
Robin v. Concerned Citizens, St. Bernard, Inc. · 384 So. 2d 405
Radiofone, Inc. v. City of New Orleans · 616 So. 2d 1243
City of New Orleans v. Christian · 229 La. 855
Touchard v. Williams · 617 So. 2d 885
Church Point Wholesale Beverage Co., Inc. v. Tarver · 614 So. 2d 697
Hutchinson v. Patel · 637 So. 2d 415
White v. West Carroll Hosp., Inc. · 613 So. 2d 150
St. Charles Parish School Bd. v. GAF Corp. · 512 So. 2d 1165
Perschall v. State · 697 So. 2d 240
Matherne v. Gray Ins. Co. · 661 So. 2d 432
Louisiana Independent Auto Dealers Ass'n v. State · 295 So. 2d 796
Cameron Parish School Bd. v. Acands, Inc. · 687 So. 2d 84
La. Associated Gen. Contracters, Inc. v. No Aviation Bd. · 701 So. 2d 130
State v. Smith · 700 So. 2d 493

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