COLE, Justice.
These consolidated cases are before us on direct appeal pursuant to La. Const. Art. V, § 5(D). The 87 defendants were all charged with harvesting oysters from closed waters in violation of La.R.S. 56:424. The trial court, without assigning reasons, held the statute unconstitutional and quashed the Bills of Information. For the reasons assigned below, we find the statute is constitutional, reverse the trial court and remand these cases for further...
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