EDWARD WISNER DONATION v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC.

Civil Action No. 14-1525.

EDWARD WISNER DONATION ET AL., v. BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

February 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Wisner Donation, Plaintiff, represented by Stephen J. Herman , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC, Bob F. Wright , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, Cathryn Caroline Fayard , Fayard Law Firm LLC, David Blayne Honeycutt , Fayard & Honeycutt, Fred L. Herman , Law Offices of Fred L. Herman, James P. Roy , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Soren Erik Gisleson , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC, Thomas Jeffrey Barbera , Barbera Law Firm, Thomas Anthony Thomassie, IV , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

New Orleans City, Plaintiff, represented by Stephen J. Herman , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC, Bob F. Wright , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, Cathryn Caroline Fayard , Fayard Law Firm LLC, Fred L. Herman , Law Offices of Fred L. Herman, James P. Roy , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Soren Erik Gisleson , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Mitch Landrieu, Plaintiff, represented by Stephen J. Herman , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC, Bob F. Wright , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. , Fayard & Honeycutt, Cathryn Caroline Fayard , Fayard Law Firm LLC, Fred L. Herman , Law Offices of Fred L. Herman, James P. Roy , Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Soren Erik Gisleson , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, Plaintiff, represented by John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP & NeShira D. Millender , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP.

Board of Supervisors for Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Plaintiff, represented by John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP & NeShira D. Millender , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP.

Salvation Army Inc, Plaintiff, represented by Matthew James Fantaci , Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux.

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, Plaintiff, represented by Susan Anderson Zeringue , Couhig Partners, LLC, Jonathan Percy Lemann , Couhig Partners, LLC & Robert Emmet Couhig, Jr. , Couhig Partners, LLC.

Mildred Ball, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Ann Blount, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Theodore Brierre Boone, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Timothy David Boone, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Sally Boone Cromwell, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Susan Boone Davidson, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Jane P Casey, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Charity Hospital, Plaintiff, represented by John P. Murrill , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP.

Andrew J Cook, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Christopher T Cook, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

John P Cook, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Timothy M Cook, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Wendell H Cook, Jr., Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Joan G Daniel, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Robert Dufour, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

David A duPlantier, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

William B Gregory, III, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Glenn M Gregory, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Angela Dawn Hansen-Gregory, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Anne Marie Hughes, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

John A Green, Mrs., Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Michele L. Kugle Gross, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

John P. Cook, Jane Cook Trust A, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

John P. Cook, Jane Cook Trust B, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

John P. Cook, Jane Cook Trust E, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Keene R Kelley, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Janis D Kugle, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Stephanie Kugle, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Amelie Marchesseau, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Betty Adamsen, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Charlotte Marchesseau, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Laura Elizabeth McGee, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Sharon Tyler McGee, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Diane McNabb, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Stanley S Morris, III, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Christopher T Peneguy, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Succession of David Charles Peneguy, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Crocker & Leigh Investment Trust, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Mark Peneguy, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Michael J Peneguy, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Robert O Peneguy, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

William A Peneguy, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Edward W Peneguy, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Richard A Peneguy, Jr, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

William Dockery Porteous, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Alexandra Keith Porteous, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Palmer Ragsdale, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

St. Joseph Church, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Salvation Army, Plaintiff, represented by Matthew James Fantaci , Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux.

Jane K Stubbs, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Kathy Cook Temple, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

David M Trelles, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Anne Vickery, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Elizabeth M Williams, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

Catherine Kernan Young, Plaintiff, represented by Joel R. Waltzer , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Clay Joseph Garside , Waltzer, Wiygul & Garside, LLC, Robert Baxter Wiygul , Waltzer & Associates & Walter John Leger, Jr. , Leger & Shaw.

BP Exploration & Production, Inc., Defendant, represented by Shannon Skelton Holtzman , Liskow & Lewis, Christina Henk Briesacher , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Christopher J. Esbrook , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Frank Chadwick Morriss , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Greg L. Johnson , Liskow & Lewis, Kimberly Olvey Branscome , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Martin R. Boles , Kirkland & Ellis, Martin R. Martos, II , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Russell Keith Jarrett , Liskow & Lewis, Scott William Fowkes , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Stuart A.C. Drake , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Tyler D. Trew , Liskow & Lewis & William Trevena , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP.

Waltzer Wiygul & Garside LLC, Movant, represented by Randall A. Smith , Smith & Fawer, LLP & Stephen M. Gele , Smith & Fawer, LLP.


ORDER AND REASONS ON MOTIONS

Plaintiff, the Edward Wisner Donation ("Wisner"), is a juridical entity that owns coastal Louisiana land, including what is known as Fourchon Beach. Wisner's land allegedly was damaged by the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the...

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