(Also see: Louisiana Levee Board Coastal Erosion Law Suit) Newest Developments PLAQUEMINES PARISH, Plaintiff-Appellee, STATE OF LOUISIANA, ex rel. JEFF LANDRY, Att’y General; STATE OF LOUISIANA, through THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICE OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND ITS SECRETARY, THOMAS…
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Legal resources for coastal erosion and marsh destruction claims
Also see: Louisiana Levee Board Coastal Erosion Law Suit; Louisiana Parish Lawsuits Against the Oil Industry for Wetlands Destruction Law Professor’s Brief on Louisiana Public Trust Doctrine Terrebonne Parish Sch. Bd. v. Castex Energy, Inc., 893 So. 2d 789 (La 2005) “We…
Natural Cycles and the Mississippi Delta – A Voice Annotated Slideshow
Virtual Guest Lecturer. Using Natural Cycles to Make Better Decisions about Adaptation to Climate Change: The Future of the Louisiana Coast. Mercer Law School, March 2015 – YouTube The slides
Levee Lawsuit Against the Oil and Gas Industry Dismissed
Bd. of Comm’rs of the Se. Louisiana Flood Prot. Auth.-E. v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., LLC, No. CIV.A. 13-5410, 2015 WL xxx (E.D. La. February 13, 2015) Interestingly, there was no discussion of the state law removing the Levee Board’s…
The Delta Cycle and the Future of Coastal Louisiana
Chris McLindon and Edward Richards – Board of Commissioners of SLFPA-E vs. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., et.al. – Legal and Geological Evaluation (View in slide show mode to see the animations.) This is a summary presentation of the issues: Time and River:Coastal…
Louisiana SB 469 – Killing the Coastal Erosion Lawsuit
Morial v. Smith & Wesson Corp., 785 So. 2d 1 (LA 2001) This case reviews the LA law that retroactively stopped LA cities from suing gun manufacturers. It is a good discussion of the state police power and the state’s…
Louisiana Levee Board Coastal Erosion Law Suit
The legal documents The Original State Court Petition Law Professor’s Brief on Louisiana Public Trust Doctrine Notice of Removal Motion to Remand Plaintiff’s Memorandum in Support of Motion to Remand Order blocking removal from federal court back to state court.…
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana
Austin, D. E., T. Priest, L. Penney, J. Pratt, A. G. Pulsipher, J. Abel and J. Taylor. 2008. History of the offshore oil and gas industry in southern Louisiana. Volume I: Papers on the evolving offshore industry. U.S. Dept. of…