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CROOKS v. STATE, DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

No. 11-920.

81 So.3d 47 (2011)

Steve CROOKS, et ux. v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 7, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Davidson III , Christopher J. Piasecki , Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, McElligott, Fontenot, Gideon & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, V. Russell Purvis , Smith, Taliaferro & Purvis, Jonesville, LA, J. Michael Veron , Alonzo P. Wilson , J. Rock Palermo , Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, Robert G. Nida , Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Steve Crooks, Era Lea Crooks.

Albin A. Provosty , Provosty, Sadler, deLaunay, Fiorenza & Sobel, Alexandria, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, State of Louisiana, Department of Natural Resources.

Court composed of OSWALD A. DECUIR, JAMES T. GENOVESE, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.

DECUIR, Judge.

This class action lawsuit was filed by the named plaintiffs, Steve and Era Crooks, against the State of Louisiana, Department of Natural Resources, seeking a determination of the ownership of the lands located in the Catahoula Basin, commonly referred to as Catahoula Lake. The determinative issue in the case is the legal classification of Catahoula Lake as a lake or as a river or stream. The trial court granted the State's motion for partial summary...

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