DUBOIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

Civ. A. No. 71-2288.

339 F.Supp. 685 (1972)

Terry Antoine DUBOIS et al. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

March 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Marcal, III, of Marcal & O'Brien, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

John M. McCollam, Gordon, Arata & McCollam, New Orleans, La., for defendant Parish of Terrebonne, State of La.

Peter E. Duffy, Metairie, La., for defendant Louisiana Wild Life & Fisheries Comm.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and CHRISTENBERRY and R. BLAKE WEST, District Judges.


CHRISTENBERRY, District Judge.

The primary issue before the court in this class action, at its present incipient stage, is whether or not it is one which must be heard by a three-judge federal district court as prescribed by Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281 and 2284 (1970). Plaintiffs are shrimp fishermen seeking injunctive relief, declaratory judgment, and private damages on the grounds that certain state statutes which relate to the conservation and control of...

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