BACA v. SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY

No. 2018 CA 1046.

271 So.3d 223 (2018)

Marko and Erica Jill BACA, Arlis and Donnia Barrow, Lee and Tina Marie Blackmon, Roy and Vondal Blackmon, Ernestine Boone, Russell Brack, Donald and Pamela Brack, Mastern and June Brack, Mary Clark, Kevin and Diana Connally, Ruby Craft, Bradley Craft, Robert Cryer, Edward Cryer, Katie Evans Daffin, Rusty and Carla Egan, Bobby and Frances Egan, Joel Evans, Jimmy Fleniken, Johnny Nash, Kina Hill, Rodney Jarrell, Scotty Jeane, Toni Jordan, John Lisa Kerr, Susan Knight Mathews, Edward and Elizabeth Knowlton, John Kramer, Robert and Morgan Lewis, Luther Logan, Jr., Katherine Maresh, Brent and Betty Mcbride, Amber Mcneil, Abbie Mitcham, William and Geraldine Mitcham, Kelly Nash, Linda Newsom, Donnie and Mary Parker, Joel Pennington, Kenneth Pennington, Richard Phillips, Von Savell, Max and Donice Shaw, Jeffrey Simmons, Jr., Jeffrey and Alice Simmons, Marvin Smith, Glenna Smith, John Smith, Melvin Smith, Silvia Smith, Emery and Jean Soileau, Wade Stanley, Charles and Geraldine Tilley, Kenneth Vincent, Gregg Walker, Mark Williams, & Lonnie and Yvonne Young, v. SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY, State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment rendered December 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JENNIFER N. WILLIS , NEW ORLEANS, LA AND GARY J. GAMBEL , NEW ORLEANS, LA, ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, MARKO BACA, ET AL.

JOHN P. WOLFF, III , NANCY B. GILBERT , SYDNEE D. MEOU , BATON ROUGE, LA, ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE, SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY, STATE OF LOUISIANA.

HARRY J. VORHOFF , BATON ROUGE, LA, ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE, STATE OF LOUISIANA.

BEFORE: PETTIGREW, WELCH, AND CHUTZ, JJ.


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