SCHOEFFLER v. DRAKE HUNTING CLUB

No. 05-499.

919 So.2d 822 (2006)

Harold SCHOEFFLER, et al. v. DRAKE HUNTING CLUB, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 4, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Gerald Durio, Durio, McGoffin, Stagg & Ackermann, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants—Kenneth Vicknair, Harold Schoeffler, Roger L. Boughton, Jody Meche, and Mike Bienvenu.

Gary L. Keyser, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellee—State of Louisiana.

James W. Schwing, Sr., New Iberia, LA, for Defendant/Appellee—Buckskin Hunting Club.

Patrick G. Tracy, Jr., Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee—Williams, Inc.

Newman Trowbridge, Jr., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants/Appellees—Atchafalaya Crawfish Conservation Association, Black Bayou Crawfishing Club, and JCB Development, Inc.

James Harvey Domengeaux, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Appellee—Drake Hunting Club.

Juliette Busby Wade, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants—Elvis Jeanminette, Jody Meche, Roger L. Boughton, Buddy J. Bayard, Harold Schoeffler, Greg Guirard, Kenneth Vicknair, and Coerte Voorhies.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

This case involves a declaratory judgment and boundary action by five members of the general public who fish, hunt, and navigate in the Atchafalaya Basin against approximately a dozen private landowners and lessees who have posted signs and barriers against trespassing on their property. The plaintiffs contend that they have been prevented from using public areas such as tidal-influenced lands and state-owned navigable waterways of the Atchafalaya...

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