BAYOU LIBERTY ASS'N v. U.S. ARMY CORPS

No. 98-31260.

217 F.3d 393 (2000)

BAYOU LIBERTY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, Defendant-Appellee, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Home Depot USA Inc., Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Buxton Sobol (argued), Richard B. Sobol, Slidell, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael Andrew Chernekoff, Stanley A. Millan (argued), Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrier & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, Andrew J. Harrison, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent Carrere, Denegre, Baton Rouge, LA, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Steve Charles Gold (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Sandra Ema Gutierrez, New Orleans, LA, for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Stephen Winthrop Rider (argued), Ricardo A. Aguilar, McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, LA, for Home Depot USA, Inc.

Before WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, Bayou Liberty Association, Inc. ("BLA") challenges the district court's denial of its motion for preliminary injunction and dismissal of its complaint. For the following reasons we remand to the district court with instructions to dismiss the case as moot.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In February 1998, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and Home Depot (collectively "intervenors" or "appellees") applied to 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