re: St. George update - La. SC denies City of BR's writ application in annexation case

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TLDR, from what I understand

1. St. George residents vote to incorporate
2. BR politicians sue to stop it but they lose
3. BR politicians convince big businesses to “leave” St George and be annexed into BR proper
4. St. George sues to prevent them from “leaving”
5. Circuit court says St. George is right
6. BR appeals to Supreme Court
7. Supreme Court says St. George is right

(You are here)

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If someone knows better than I do, please correct me, but I don't think this is accurate. To my knowledge, you're correct up to item 4. At the trial court level, Baton Rouge tried to have the suit tossed by filing an exception. Trial court ruled against, First Circuit denied writ, LASC denied writ. The case was essentially on hold until that was hashed out, but now that it has, is still at item 4 in district court. Neither the district court, nor the appellate court, nor the supreme court have said StG is right on anything regarding the annexations beyond the issue of standing (the exception).

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TLDR, from what I understand

1. St. George residents vote to incorporate <---once this happened
2. BR politicians sue to stop it but they lose
3. BR politicians convince big businesses to “leave” St George and be annexed into BR proper <-- this became illegal as they had to request permission from StG since they are in the new incorporated boundary of St.G.

4. St. George sues to prevent them from “leaving”
5. Circuit court says St. George is right
6. BR appeals to Supreme Court
7. Supreme Court says St. George is right

(You are here)

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Those companies trying to stay in Baton Rouge are not gonna be happy with less favorable taxing by St George Will see how all that plays out

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Hasn’t it always been the opposite? Whomever owns United Plaza got caught out virtue seeking annexation when nobody thought it would pass.

Now the businesses can literally just move across the road to Non-annexed property and pay substantially lower taxes.

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. Supreme Court says St. George is right

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So we got a mall and Costco? How about Lipsey's business?

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Yes. I was responding to a poster saying BR was still "challenging" StG. It isn't. These areas are part of BR now. StG is "challenging" to take them. You're free to believe StG is correct on the merits, but that doesn't change the posture of the litigants.

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This is so meaningless.

Who cares. What’s important is the annexations after the incorporation are confirmed to have been done illegally.

When does BR give SG the money back? The money they stole and the courts told them to hold on to?

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Lipsey can pack his business up and do whatever he wants to do

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Perfect. He needs to go frick himself.