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MARSTON v. RED RIVER LEVEE & DRAINAGE DIST.

Civ. A. No. 770571.

464 F.Supp. 1228 (1979)

Randolph F. MARSTON, Sr. v. RED RIVER LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT, Red River Waterway District, State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, United States of America, Corps of Engineers.

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

January 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Stephens, Coushatta, La., S. Frank Harlow, Bossier City, La., for plaintiff; Mack E. Barham, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, La., on the brief.

Eric R. Harrington, Asst. Dist. Atty., Natchitoches, La., for defendant Levee District.

Charles G. Tutt, Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Shreveport, La., for Waterway District.

Jonathan C. Harris, Baton Rouge, La., for State of Louisiana, Dept. of Transp. and Development.

J. Ransdell Keene, Acting U. S. Atty., Frances O. Allen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, La., for United States Corps of Engineers.

OPINION

DAWKINS, Senior District Judge.

Here we are called upon to decide, under Louisiana law, the nature of compensation, if any, due to a riparian landowner whose land is appropriated (not expropriated) for bank stabilization. In 1976, an 8100 foot trenchfill revetment was constructed on plaintiff's property, and in 1977 he brought this action for compensation and damages, claiming he is entitled to full compensation for loss of land and crops...

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