STATE v. THOMPSON

NO. 2016-CA-0409.

204 So.3d 1019 (2016)

STATE of Louisiana v. Walter Dan THOMPSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Landry , Attorney General, Duncan S. Kemp, IV , Ryan M. Seidemann , Assistant Attorneys General, Civil Division, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, P.O. Box 94005, Baton Rouge, LA 70804, Frederick C. Whitrock , General Counsel, DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE & FISHERIES, P.O. Box 98000, Baton Rouge, LA 70898, Charles J. Ballay , District Attorney, Jerry Lobrano, II , Assistant District Attorney, 25TH JDC, PLAQUEMINES PARISH, 301-A Main Street, Belle Chasse, LA 70037, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

George P. Vourvoulias, III , HARMON SMITH & VOURVOULIAS, LLC, 400 Poydras Street, Suite 1680, New Orleans, LA 70130, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE.

(Court composed of Chief Judge James F. McKay, III, Judge Daniel L. Dysart, Judge Rosemary Ledet).


This is a quasi-criminal case arising out of the 1996 and 1997 arrests of the defendant, Walter Dan Thompson, and other individuals for various commercial fishing violations. The issue in this case is Mr. Thompson's right to the return of property that the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries ("LDWF") seized in connection...

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