EDWARDS v. PARKER

No. 57742.

332 So.2d 175 (1976)

Edwin W. EDWARDS, Governor of the State of Louisiana v. Mary Evelyn PARKER, Treasurer of the State of Louisiana, Fenner, et al., Intervenors. Darwin S. FENNER et al. v. Mary Evelyn PARKER, Treasurer of the State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied May 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, Frank L. Maraist, Baton Rouge, Robert G. Pugh, Pugh & Nelson, Shreveport, John L. Avant, Dodd & Barker, Michael S. Baer, III, Baton Rouge, William D. Brown, Brown & Wicker, Monroe, for plaintiff-applicant Edwin W. Edwards, etc.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kendall L. Vick, Louis M. Jones, Asst. Attys. Gen., Donald Ensenat, Sam L. Levkowicz, Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent, Mary Evelyn Parker.

Harry B. Kelleher, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Mathews, David J. Conroy, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer & Pierson, New Orleans, Thomas W. Leigh, Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Monroe, Thomas L. Raggio, Raggio, Farrar, Cappel & Chozen, Lake Charles, Victor A. Sachse, Jr., Frank P. Simoneaux, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, Thomas M. Bergstedt, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs Fenner, and others.

B. B. Taylor, Jr., Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee La. State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Frederick W. Ellis, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Lands and Natural Resources Section, intervenor for Governor Edwards.


DIXON, Justice.

We granted writs in these consolidated cases to determine disputes which have arisen concerning the disposition of funds received from the United States government as part of the settlement of the tidelands litigation.

Because of the importance of the questions to the State of Louisiana and to the operation of its government, all parties have requested expeditious treatment and determination of the issues.

On September 15, 1975 the...

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