1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 640 So.2d
  5. 640 So.2d 1258 (1994)
 

WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE D. v. COAST QUALITY

No. 93-C-1718.

640 So.2d 1258 (1994)

WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT v. COAST QUALITY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION. WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT v. BAYOU DES FAMILLES DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. Betty Jane Perrin, Wife of/and Ronald J. ISAAC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1994.

Opinion Dissenting from Denial of Rehearing August 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Stumpf, Owen J. Bordelon, Jr, Stumpf, Dugas, LeBlanc, Papale & Ripp, for applicant.

David C. Loeb, Lawrence E. Chehardy, Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Breslin & Murray; Peter J. Butler, Nancy A. Nungesser, Anne A. Boling, Edward A. Boling, Catherine M. Sheafor, Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, for respondent.

Nancy A. Nungesser, Anne S. Almy, Catherine M. Sheafor, for U.S., amicus curiae.

John A. Dunlap, Frank A. Tessier, for Jefferson Business Council, Harvey Canal Industry Association, Westbank Council Chamber, Chamber-New Orleans, Chamber-River Region, amicus curiae.

KIMBALL, Justice.*

I. ISSUE

The issue to be decided in this case is the amount of compensation due landowners as a result of the West Jefferson Levee District's expropriation of their property, where, at the time of the expropriation, almost all of the property expropriated was designated as wetlands under the federal Clean Water Act. In this case, the compensation due landowners turns primarily on the fair market value of the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases