Legal Opinion
Adams v. South Lafourche Levee District
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 27, 2016No. Nos. 2015 CA 0507, 2015 CA 0508PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHigginbotham, J.
IsThis consolidated matter concerns a class action and individual lawsuit filed in response to an appropriated permanent levee servitude that included the excavation of dirt for a hurricane protection project affecting 355 tracts of land in La-fourche Parish. The pertinent issue on appeal is what compensation, if any, is due the landowners for the appropriation.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On January 10, 2011,. the Board of Commissioners of the South Lafourche Levee District (“Levee District”) adopted Resolution 11-01 (the “Resolution”),- appropriating a permanent levee servitude that affected…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- LaBove v. TheriotSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
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- Thomas v. BridgesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2014
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