Pendergrass v. Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that residency requirements, fixed term of appointments, local legislative delegation nomination, and senate approval “tug strongly” in the direction of local autonomy
• holding that residency requirements, fixed term of appointments, local legislative delegation nomination, and senate approval “tug strongly” in the direction of local autonomy
• noting that the defendant entity’s insurance policies prevented the State of Louisiana from paying judgments on behalf of the entity
• explaining that the relevant rationale is “the protection of state treasuries”
• weighing this factor against immunity despite the fact that “at some time in the distant future” the entity’s property “may revert to the state”
• explaining that the relevant rationale is “the protection of state treasuries”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).