UNITED STATES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

Civ. A. No. 8607.

229 F.Supp. 14 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America v. STATE OF LOUISIANA and Humble Oil & Refining Company.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette Division.

April 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Shaheen, U. S. Atty., and D. H. Perkins, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, Edward M. Carmouche, John Madden, and Ernest Eldred, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for State of Louisiana.

Liskow & Lewis, Lake Charles, La., and W. J. McAnelly, Jr., and Bernard J. Caillouet, New Orleans, La., for Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Henican, James & Cleveland, C. Ellis Henican, New Orleans, La., for intervenor, Exchange Oil Co.


PUTNAM, District Judge.

This suit was filed on December 13, 1961 by the United States at the request of the Secretary of the Interior. It is an action brought against the State of Louisiana and Humble Oil & Refining Company. Jurisdiction is alleged under the provisions of Title 28 U.S.C. § 1345.

There is no question but what jurisdiction attaches under the statute cited above.

Exchange Oil, Inc., claiming an interest in the real estate which...

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