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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 21 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinions handed down on the 17th day of April, 2006, are as follows:

BY CALOGERO, C.J.:

2005-C- 0351 C/W 2005-C- 0352

BILLY BROOKS HUDSON, ET AL. v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY, ET AL. (Parish of Bossier) The court of appeal decision finding that the casino revenue agreements are invalid and ordering redistribution of the funds collected pursuant to those agreements consistent with the percentages established by La. Rev. Stat. 27:93(formerly 4:552)is hereby reversed. The decision of the district court finding that the agreements are valid, except for one severable provision, is reinstated. REVERSED AND RENDERED. KIMBALL, J., dissents and assigns reasons.

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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 2005-C-0351 CONSOLIDATED WITH NO. 2005-C-0352 BILLY BROOKS HUDSON VERSUS CITY OF BOSSIER CITY, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL SECOND CIRCUIT, PARISH OF BOSSIER CALOGERO, Chief Justice We are called upon in this case to decide the validity of two ten-year casino revenue agreements entered in 1994 by the defendant, City of Bossier City ("Bossier City"), one with each of two other defendants in this lawsuit, companies that operate riverboat casinos within the territorial jurisdiction of Bossier City

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