LIVINGSTON PARISH POLICE JURY v. ACADIANA SHIPYARD

Nos. CA 89 0451 through CA 89 0464.

563 So.2d 394 (1990)

LIVINGSTON PARISH POLICE JURY, et al. v. ACADIANA SHIPYARD, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Robinson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs.

Calvin C. Fayard, Jr., Denham Springs, for Livingston Parish Police Jury.

Hobart O. Pardue, Jr., Springfield, for Glynn McCrory, et al.

Richard Reina, Denham Springs, for Joe C. Dean, et al.

Raymond Charles Vinet, Baton Rouge, for Ernest Boone, et al., Susan Campo, et al., Jermiah J. Naylor, et al., Thomas Boutwell, et al., Tom & Linda Self, et al., Sandra King Barnes, et al.

William P. Rutledge, Lafayette, for Earl S. Adamson, et al.

Amy E. Grose, Baton Rouge, for Edward E. Richardson, III, et al.

Jeffery LeBlanc, Denham Springs, for Milton E. Windham, Jr., et al., Jackie & Caddo Boswell, Jr., et al.

Larry Starns, Denham Springs, for Charles R. Cressionne, Sr., et al.

J. Thomas Anderson, Hammond, for T.L. James Co.

Daniel R. Atkinson and Leonard Cardenas, III, Baton Rouge, for U.S.F. & G.

Larry S. Bankston, Baton Rouge, for Stauffer Chemical.

Homer Ed. Barousse, Jr., Crowley, for Hansborough Energy Systems Co.

Joseph R. Boyd, New Orleans, for Southern Scrap.

John M. Broen, Shreveport, for Apex Co.

Samuel O. Buckley, III, New Orleans, for Browning Ferris Inc., Browning Ferris Industries Chemical Service Inc.

Glenn Cater, New Orleans.

Dewey W. Corley, Shreveport, for James E. Davison.

Winston R. Day, Baton Rouge, for Amoco Oil Co., Avondale Industries, Inc., Borden, Ciba-Geigy Corp., Gulf States, Ethyl.

Paul Dicharry, New Orleans, for Ciba-Geigy Corp.

E.B. Dittmer, II, Bogalusa.

Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., Houma, for Cenoc Towing Co. Inc., Acadiana Shipyard.

Gerald T. Gelpi, New Orleans, for Stonewall Inc. Co.

Frank S. Craig, III, Baton Rouge, George E. Gilkers, Ralph R. Miller, Norco, for Castay, Inc.

W. Marvin Hall, Metairie, for Home Indem. Ins. Co., Home Ins. Co.

Elizabeth A. Hammant, New Orleans, for Combustion, Inc.

Robert E. Holden, New Orleans, for Avondale Shipyards, Inc.

Ralph S. Hubbard, III, New Orleans, for Charter Oak Fire Ins., Travelers Ins. Co.

Leonard L. Kilgore, III, for Copolymer Chemical Rubber, Georgia Pacific, Transcontinental Gas Line, Uniroyal Chemical Co., Union Carbide Corp., Triad.

P. Raymond Lamonica, Baton Rouge, for U.S.

Sam A. LeBlanc, III, Baton Rouge, for Borden Chemical, Amoco Oil Co., Ethyl Corp., T.L. James.

Michael J. Maginnis, New Orleans, for Guzetta Oil Co.

Robert R. McBride, Lafayette, for Dale Polk & Son, Inc.

Boris F. Navratil, Baton Rouge, for Mississippi Power & Light.

Glen M. Pilié, New Orleans, for T.L. James and Co., Ciba-Geige Corp., Hoeschst Celanese Corp.

Robert L. Redfearn, New Orleans, for Reichold Chemicals Ins.

Emile C. Rolfs, III, Baton Rouge, for Southern Scrap.

Eugene G. Taggart, New Orleans, for La. Power & Light Co.

Aub Ward, Baton Rouge, for James E. Davison.

Before EDWARDS, LANIER and FOIL, JJ.


FOIL, Judge.

We are asked to decide whether the trial court properly dismissed as third party defendants the United States and three of its agencies from this toxic tort litigation. We hold the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over all causes of action asserted against the United States and its agencies, and affirm the court's dismissal of the third party complaints.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This lawsuit originated as a class action, filed...

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