Legal Opinion

Alonzo v. State Department of Natural Resources

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 8, 2004No. 2003-CA-0553PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

I MAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.

On May 2, 1996, fifty-three (53) oyster leaseholders with oyster leases on State water bottoms on the St. Bernard side of Breton Sound, and within Lake Borgne east of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) filed suit against the State through the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), alleging adverse effects including oyster mortality, not only from the Caernarvon freshwater diversion structure, but also from the Violet siphon.1

*642On January 11, 2002, the trial court heard seven motions in this case and later issued seven judgments, all of which were adverse to the…

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Foremost Insurance v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
Sisson v. RubySupreme Court of the United States · 1990
Garland Wayne Kelly and Allen Eugene Kelly, Sr. v. J. C. Smith and Chicot Land Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
Pierce v. Charity Hosp. of LouisianaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989

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3Cited by1 opinion

Alonzo v. State & Department of Natural ResourcesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005