Legal Opinion
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Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided November 16, 2009Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Mr. Landry:
This Office is in receipt of your request to this Office for an Attorney General's Opinion on the following issues:
1) Who owns the excavated soil of a drainage canal/channel constructed pursuant to La.R.S. 38:113?
2) Can a Drainage District, Drainage Board, Parish, or Police Jury (collectively referred to herein as "Drainage District") legally spread the excavated soil from such a canal/channel outside the 100' servitude area authorized by La.R.S. 38:113?
3) What is the remedy of the Drainage District should the landowner refuse the spread of the excavated material on any part…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of Port Allen v. Louisiana Mun. RiskSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Board of Directors v. All TaxpayersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
- Dugas v. St. Martin Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Whipp v. Bayou Plaquemine Brule Drainage Bd.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- PLAQUEMINES PARISH COM'N COUNCIL v. Hero Lands Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
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