2014 Russian annexation of Crimea

Baton Rouge and the newly incorporated city of St. George are locked in a legal dispute over who has standing in a long-running lawsuit challenging the 2020 annexation of several businesses, homes, and public roads into Baton Rouge city limits. St. George organizers Norman Browning and Chris Rials originally filed the suit after the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council approved annexation requests following St. George's 2019 incorporation vote. The city of St. George and the St. George Transition District were later added as plaintiffs in 2024.

Baton Rouge attorneys are now seeking to dismiss St. George and its transition district from the case, arguing they lack legal standing since St. George's boundaries and even its incorporation date remain unsettled, and that they missed the 30-day window to challenge the annexations. St. George's attorneys counter that the city has a direct right to defend voter-approved boundaries. A hearing is set for September 8. The dispute overlaps with a separate lawsuit questioning St. George's incorporation date, prompting Baton Rouge's city-parish government to intervene over tax and zoning implications.