AMERICAN LUNG ASS'N v. STATE MINERAL BD.

No. 86-C-1636.

507 So.2d 184 (1987)

The AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA, INC. v. STATE MINERAL BOARD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney L. Shushan, Guste, Barnett & Shushan, New Orleans, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Gary Keyser, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, for respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

The 1974 Louisiana Constitution dictates that "the mineral rights on property sold by the state shall be reserved."1

The legal question which prompted us to grant a writ of review in this case is whether this constitutional provision affects the mineral interest claimed by a corporation which 1) donated property to the state, 2) sued to have the donation revoked based on an alleged failure by the State to use...

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