Legal Opinion
State v. La. Land & Exploration Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 15, 2019No. 18-890Published
1Opinion of the Court
COOKS, Judge.
*939FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The State of Louisiana (the State) and the Vermilion Parish School Board (VPSB) sued various defendants including Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL) seeking remediation of the Sixteenth Section school lands in Vermilion Parish. The land is owned by the State and is managed by VPSB. UNOCAL admitted it was responsible for environmental damage to the property.
In May of 2015, a jury returned a multi-million-dollar verdict awarding damages to the plaintiffs in addition to remediation. In accordance with the 2006 version of La.R.S. 30:29, the matter…
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- Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Marek v. ChesnySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Melissa MIGIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. PEARLE VISION, INC., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- STATE, DOTD v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
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