United States Fifth Circuit
WASHINGTON v. LINEBARGER, GOGGAN, BLAIR, PENA & SAMPSON, LLP, 02-30589
The Tax Injunction Act prevents the federal district court from hearing a constitutional challenge to a city ordinance authorizing the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes through private parties and assessing an additional thirty percent penalty for collection costs.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/11/2003
- Published 07/11/2003
Judges
- DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges, and DUVAL, District Judge.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Henry L. Klein (argued), James Harold Daigle, Jr., Klein Daigle, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Richard C. Stanley (argued), Thomas More Flanagan, Bryan Charles Reuter, Stanley, Flanagan & Reuter, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.