N.O. City Hall is 'willfully mocking' the Louisiana Supreme Court
Times-Picayune (excerpt)

In New Orleans lawyer Henry Klein's view, the Louisiana Supreme Court simply isn't riled up enough. So he's doing his best to ruffle some feathers -- and make some history. In a recent complaint awash with purple prose, Klein, who has made it his personal crusade to get city officials to remove from delinquent tax bills certain fees that the high court in 2008 ruled unconstitutional, claims that City Hall is "willfully mocking this court and the law." Despite the court's ruling, Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration continues to include on delinquent bills a 10 percent penalty for late payment and a 9.5 percent penalty to cover outside attorney and collection fees. Under state law, the city's only remedies for nonpayment of property taxes are to charge annual interest or to sell the property at a tax sale, judges have ruled.