Legal Opinion
Opinion Number
Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided September 14, 2007Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Senator Smith:
You have requested an opinion of this Office regarding the State's ownership and control of certain water bottoms in the Red River in Rapides Parish. The basic facts behind your opinion request relate to a Corps of Engineers ("the Corps") construction of a straight-away cut across private property to straighten the flow of the Red River. Now that the original river bed is silting in, you want to know who owns what property in the area of the original water course and the new cut.
In a recent opinion, La. Atty. Gen. Op. No. 06-0263, this Office opined that, where an oxbow…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. Placid Oil CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- Esso Standard Oil Company v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Porter v. Acadia-Vermilion Irr. Co., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Texas & New Orleans R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- State v. BourdonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988