State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Triangle Property, LLC

GREMILLION, Judge.

|TThe plaintiff, the State of Louisiana through the Department of Transportation *474and Development, appeals the trial court’s order granting a writ of mandamus in favor of the defendant, CCI Management Corporation (CCI). For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This litigation arises out of the State’s expropriation of property located in Jones-ville, Louisiana. The State filed suit against six different parties in the expropriation proceeding who owned property or operated businesses. Three of those parties, W.B. McCartney Oil Company (McCartney…