LOUISIANA SEAFOOD MANAGEMENT v. FOSTER

No. Civ.A. 96-106.

46 F.Supp.2d 533 (1999)

LOUISIANA SEAFOOD MANAGEMENT, et al. v. FOSTER, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

April 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Baier, Baton Rouge, LA, Robert A. Barnett, Guste, Barnett & Shushan, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Louisiana Seafood Management Council, Inc., John E Thompson, Eddie Lejuine, Matthew Reagan, Clara Gerica, Todd Stipelcovich, Barry Schaferkotter, David A Mills, Christon Cheramie, Peter Steven Hotoph, Eugene Hickman, Chad Lay, Lindberg Santini, Ned F. Malley, Jr, Barisich Inc., plaintiffs.

Judith Ruth Atkinson, Thomas E. Balhoff, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Frost, Balhoff & McCollister, Baton Rouge, LA, for Coastal Conservation, dba, Gulf Coast Conservation Association of Louisiana, intervenor-plaintiff.

Edmond W. Shows, Shows, Cohn & Cali, Baton Rouge, LA, Frederick Coller Whitrock, Louisiana Department of Justice, Public Protection Division, Baton Rouge, LA, Thomas Michael Landrum, Donald E. Puckett, Laura Heap, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA, Ronnie J. Berthelot, Shows, Cali & Burns, Baton Rouge, LA, for Murphy J. Foster, Jr., Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Joe L. Herring, Peter Vujnovich, John P. Schneider, Perry Gisclair, Daniel Babin, Joseph P. Cormier, Glynn Carver, Wynton Vidrine, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, Louisiana Department Wildlife and Fisheries, defendants.

Edmond W. Shows, Shows, Cohn & Cali, Baton Rouge, LA, Frederick Coller Whitrock, Louisiana Department of Justice, Public Protection Division, Baton Rouge, LA, Donald E. Puckett, Laura Heap, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA, Ronnie J. Berthelot, Shows, Cali & Burns, Baton Rouge, LA, for Charles—Clark, defendant.


PORTEOUS, District Judge.

This matter came for hearing upon motions previously set for hearing by both the plaintiffs and the defendants, seeking this Court to act in this case following a definitive ruling by the state courts of Louisiana on a state action which had formerly required this Court to enter an abstention order. The plaintiffs have come forward requesting that this Court remove the stay currently imposed on this federal action so that the merits of this...

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