JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.
On May 2, 1996, fifty-three (53) oyster leaseholders with oyster leases on State water bottoms on the St. Bernard side of Breton Sound, and within Lake Borgne east of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) filed suit against the State through the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), alleging adverse effects including oyster mortality, not only from the Caernarvon freshwater diversion structure, but also from the Violet siphon.
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