JORDAN v. LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BD.

Nos. 98-C-1122, 98-C-1133 and 98-C-1134.

712 So.2d 74 (1998)

Senator J. Lomax "Max" JORDAN v. LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BOARD and Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr. Senator Ronald C. BEAN v. LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BOARD and Rivergate Development Corporation.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles William Roberts, Baton Rouge, Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Alexandria, for Applicants in No. 98-C-1122.

William Hardy Patrick, III, Phillip A. Wittmann, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, Daniel R. Murray, Jenner & Block, for Applicants in No. 98-C-1133.

E. Kay Kirkpatrick, Roy Achille Mongrue, Jr., Baton Rouge, Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Attorney General, Anne Lacour Neeb, Baton Rouge, for Applicants in No. 98-C-1134.

Joseph Lomax Jordan, Jr., E. Kay Kirkpatrick, Roy Achille Mongrue, Jr., Baton Rouge, Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Attorney General, Anne Lacour Neeb, Cheney C. Joseph, Jr., Baton Rouge, William Hardy Patrick, III, Phillip A. Wittmann, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, Daniel R. Murray, Jenner & Block, Roy J. Rodney, Jr., New Orleans, William Edward Steffes, Paul Slocomb West, Robin Ward Bueche, Baton Rouge, Rudy Joseph Cerone, New Orleans, for Respondents in No. 98-C-1122.

Charles William Roberts, Baton Rouge, Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Alexandria, Joseph Lomax Jordan, Jr., E. Kay Kirkpatrick, Roy Achille Mongrue, Jr., Baton Rouge, Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Attorney General, Anne Lacour Neeb, Cheney C. Joseph, Jr., Baton Rouge, Roy J. Rodney, Jr., New Orleans, William Edward Steffes, Paul Slocomb West, Robin Ward Bueche, Baton Rouge, Rudy Joseph Cerone, New Orleans, for Respondents in No. 98-C-1133.

William Hardy Patrick, III, Phillip A. Wittmann, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, Daniel R. Murray, Jenner & Block, Charles William Roberts, Baton Rouge, Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Alexandria, Joseph Lomax Jordan, Jr., Cheney C. Joseph, Jr., Baton Rouge, Roy J. Rodney, Jr., New Orleans, William Edward Steffes, Paul Slocomb West, Robin Ward Bueche, Baton Rouge, Rudy Joseph Cerone, New Orleans, for Respondents in No. 98-C-1134.

Joseph E. Friend, New Orleans, Stephen F. Chiccarelli, Baton Rouge, for Amicus Curiae Unsecured Creditors Committee.

Sam A. LeBlanc, III, New Orleans, Edgerton L. Henry, Baton Rouge, James G. Perdigao, New Orleans, Brace B. Godfrey, Jr., Baton Rouge, Robert Markle, for Amici Curiae Chamber New Orleans-River Region and Business Council of New Orleans-River Region.

Floyd J. Falcon, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Amicus Curiae A.F.L.-C.I.O.

Peter J. Butler, Peter J. Butler, Jr., New Orleans, for Amicus Curiae Centex Landis Construction.

William Lurye, Nancy Picard, Metairie, Michael R. Allweiss, Mark Samuel Goldstein, Alicia Martone Bendana, New Orleans, for Amici Curiae Susan N. Poirier, Darlene A. Moss and Cassandra Adams in No. 98-C-1134.

Louis L. Robein, Jr., Nancy Picard, Metairie, for Amici Curiae International Union Operating Engineers, Peter Babin III Financial Secretary, Southeast Louisiana Building and Construction, AFL-CIO, and Joseph Bertucci in No. 98-C-1134.


JOHNSON, Justice.*

The parties involved in this dispute seek a determination as to which entity has the authority to bind the state to the amended casino operating contract pending before a bankruptcy judge. The plaintiffs argue that the latest contract essentially is a "new" contract and, accordingly, that under La. R.S. 27:224(E), the legislature is empowered with the authority to approve the contract on behalf of the state. The...

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