LA. CRAWFISH PRODUC. v. AMERADA HESS CORP.

No. 2005-1156.

935 So.2d 380 (2006)

LOUISIANA CRAWFISH PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION — WEST, et al. v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Joy, III, Gordon J. Schoeffler, Joseph Joy & Associates, Lafayette, Louisiana, Leigh Haynie, Carencro, Louisiana, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association — West, et al.

Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr., A. Louise Blanchard, King, LeBlanc & Bland, P.L.L.C., Houston, Texas, Elizabeth S. Wheeler, King, LeBlanc & Bland, P.L.L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Amerada Hess Corporation.

Stephen L. Williamson, John T. Nesser, IV, Charles M. Steen, Steen & Williamson, L.L.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, Daniel G. Guidry, St. Martinville, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, Sorrento Pipeline Company, Enterprise Products Company.

Daniel G. Guidry, St. Martinville, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, Furgo Chance, Inc.

Joel A. Levy, Levy & Levy, Marrero, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Saba Dredging Company, Inc.

Raymond M. Allen, Allen Law Office, Lafayette, Louisiana, Richard A. Cozad, Michael L. McAlpine, Emma A. Mekinda, McAlpine & Cozad, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Berry Brothers General Contractors.

James M. Funderburk, Houma, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, T. Baker Smith & Sons, Inc.

Burton P. Guidry, Assistant Attorney General, Clement Story, III, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Intervenor, State of Louisiana.

Albert M. Hand, Jr., Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, Louisiana, Jerry A. Oubre, Caffery, Oubre, Campbell & Garrison, New Iberia, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, El Paso Field Services Management.

Michael D. Hunt, Steven J. Levine, Phelps, Dunbar, LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, C.L. Jack Stelly & Associates, Inc., Morris Hebert, Inc.

Francis X. Neuner, Jr., Brandon W. Letulier, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates.

Kai David Midboe, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Florida Gas Transmission Company.

Andre J. Mouledoux, Jacques P. Degruy, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, C.F. Bean, L.L.C.

Edwin G. Preis, Jr., Robert M. Kallam, Casie L. Willis, Preis, Kraft & Roy, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, C & C Technologies.

Roger E. Ishee, Greg R. Mier, Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Denbury Resources, Inc.

Joe B. Norman, Stevia Marie Walther, Kelly B. Becker, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, Texaco Petroleum Pipeline, LLC, Texaco Pipelines, LLC.

Lawrence P. Simon, Jamie D. Rhymes, Jason P. Bergeron, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, Louisiana, for Defendant/Appellee, Hunt Oil Company.

Court composed of JIMMIE C. PETERS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and GLENN B. GREMILLION, Judges.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether Plaintiffs, who identify themselves as commercial crawfishermen, have a state law cause of action arising out of the alleged destruction of the "Buffalo Cove" fishing area in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, due to Defendants' oilfield-related activities. The trial court dismissed Plaintiffs' state law claims on an exception of no cause of action, but reserved their right to proceed under maritime law. For the following...

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