STATE v. ST. CHARLES AIRLINE LANDS, INC.

Nos. 03-CA-1292, 03-CA-1293, 04-CA-20.

871 So.2d 674 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana, Pontchartrain Levee District v. ST. CHARLES AIRLINE LANDS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Ryland Percy, III, Katherine T. Percy, Gonzales, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Randall A. Smith, Andrew L. Kramer, L. Tiffany Davis, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

James J. Coleman, Sr., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, CLARENCE E. McMANUS and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.

This consolidated appeal arises from the expropriation by the State of Louisiana, Pontchartrain Levee District ("Levee District") of certain properties owned by St. Charles Airline Lands, Inc. ("SCAL"), for the purpose of building a hurricane protection levee. In 1965, Congress authorized a project for levee construction along the banks of Lake Pontchartrain in order to provide hurricane protection to the parishes of St. Charles, Jefferson...

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