Collette v. Marine Exploration Co.

WEST, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Herbert Collette and Robert Mistich, bring this suit to recover damages from respondent, Marine Exploration Company, for the value of oysters allegedly killed, and for damages to oyster bedding grounds allegedly caused by the oil exploration operations of respondent, Marine Exploration Company, in and around Little Bayou Chieharas, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Little Bayou Chieharas is a meandering bayou running generally nox-th and south and emptying into Bay Chieharas on the south. It is surrounded by marshland accessible only by amphibious equipment…