ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH v. STATE

No. 02-CA-612.

828 So.2d 1229 (2002)

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana Through the DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE & FISHERIES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Charles F. Perry, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, for Appellant, State of Louisiana, Department of Justice.

Donald E. Puckett, General Counsel, Frederick C. Whitrock, Baton Rouge, LA, for Appellant, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries.

Joel T. Chaisson, Appeal Counsel, Destrehan, LA, Catherine Leary, Westwego, LA, for Appellees, St. John the Baptist Parish, et al.

Panel composed of Judges JAMES L. CANNELLA, CLARENCE E. McMANUS and HENRY G. SULLIVAN, JR., Pro Tempore.


JAMES L. CANNELLA, Judge.

In a suit by six hunting clubs1 and the Parish of St. John the Baptist (the Parish), relative to certain property in dispute, the newly established Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area, the Defendant, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries (DWF), appeals from a judgment denying its declinatory exception of improper venue. We affirm.

In January of 1952, the Lutcher...

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