Legal Opinion
Kimble v. Board of Commissioners for Grand Prairie Levee District
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 19, 1995No. 94-CA-1134PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANDRIEU, Judge.
The plaintiff, Gerald Kimble, is the owner of land located between the Mississippi River levee and the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. In 1988, the Plaque-mines Parish Government (the Parish) enacted an ordinance appropriating fill land from Kimble’s property to be used in the enlargement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) of the hurricane protection levee. Because the appropriation was for levee improvement purposes, the Parish assumed that the riparian servitude1 was applicable and did not legally expropriate2 the land or compensate Kimble.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gravolet v. Board of Com'rsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
- Matherne v. Terrebonne Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- Faustina Pipe Line Co. v. Levert-St. John, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- PLAQUEMINES PARISH COM'N COUNCIL v. Hero Lands Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Pearce v. LJ Earnest, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Gravolet v. BD. OF COM'RS.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- Parish of St. Charles v. R.H. Creager, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
- Kimble v. GiordanoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995