Legal Opinion
Collins v. State ex rel. Department of Natural Resources
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 30, 2013No. 2012 CA 1031PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDonald, j.
12From 1997 to 2010 Dan S. Collins (a certified professional landman) and Dan S. Collins, CPL & Associates, Inc. (collectively plaintiffs or Collins) provided consulting services for land, title, and environmental research, for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), particularly the Atchafalaya Basin Program and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Program. Robert Benoit served as Assistant Director of the Atchafalaya Basin Program.
Starting in 2007, Mr. Collins discovered what he believed to be violations of environmental laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to…
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