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SIERRA CLUB v. DEPT. OF WILDLIFE

No. CA-8022.

519 So.2d 836 (1988)

SIERRA CLUB, et al. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE & FISHERIES, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writs Denied March 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Puckett, Baton Rouge, for appellant, Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries.

Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr., Eric E. Jarrell, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, James A. Burton, Susan F. Clade, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, John R. Peters, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for intervenor and appellant.

Michael Osborne, Osborne & McComiskey, New Orleans, for appellees.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Gary L. Keyser, John B. Sheppard, Jr., Ian Douglas Lindsey, William G. Davis, Asst. Attys. Gen., New Orleans, for intervenor, State of La.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and WARD and WILLIAMS, JJ.

GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

The primary question confronting us in this appeal is whether the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission must follow public bidding procedures before it grants a party the right to take fossil clam and oyster shell deposits from State owned water bottoms. Because we conclude that these contracts involve mineral rights which must be leased through public bids, we affirm that portion of a judgment declaring three negotiated leases unlawful...

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