TUNICA-BILOXI TRIBE OF LOUISIANA v. BLALOCK

No. 09-459.

23 So.3d 1041 (2009)

The TUNICA-BILOXI TRIBE OF LOUISIANA v. John BLALOCK, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ricky L. Sooter, Provosty, Sadler, deLaunay, Fiorenza & Sobel, Alexandria, LA, for Intervenor/Appellant, Riverview Resort and Marina, LLC.

Jeanne M. Laborde, The Laborde Law Firm, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana.

Cory P. Roy, Marksville, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, John Blalock, Barbara Boher Blalock.

Court composed of MARC T. AMY, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

The plaintiff tribe filed a possessory action in the Twelfth Judicial District Court, seeking tort damages for use and a determination as to the ownership of property in Avoyelles Parish. The trial court signed a stipulated judgment awarding possession of the disputed property to the Tribe. The damages issue remained pending. Subsequently, the appellant filed a petition of intervention, arguing that it acquired a portion of the disputed tract prior to...

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