JOSEPH v. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

No. 18-CA-414.

265 So.3d 945 (2019)

Pastor Harry JOSEPH, Sr., Genevieve Butler, Humanitarian Enterprise of Loving People, Gulf Restoration Network, Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, and BOLD Louisiana v. SECRETARY, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE, PASTOR HARRY JOSEPH, SR., GENEVIEVE BUTLER, HUMANITARIAN ENTERPRISE OF LOVING PEOPLE, GULF RESTORATION NETWORK, ATCHAFALAYA BASINKEEPER, AND BOLD LOUISIANA, Elizabeth Livingston de Calderón , Lisa W. Jordan , C. Tristan Danley , Student Practitioner representing Pastor Harry Joseph, Sr. and Genevieve Butler.

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, OFFICE OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT, Jeffrey M. Landry , Harry J. Vorhoff , Ryan M. Seidemann , Michelle M. White.

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE-2ND APPELLANT, BAYOU BRIDGE PIPELINE, LLC, James C. Percy , Nicole M. Duarte , Marjorie A. McKeithen.

Panel composed of Judges Susan M. Chehardy, Marc E. Johnson, Robert A. Chaisson, Stephen J. Windhorst, and Hans J. Liljeberg


The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources ("DNR") and Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC ("Bayou Bridge") (collectively "appellants") seek review of the district court's judgment in favor of plaintiffs and remanding this matter to DNR for further proceedings as set forth in its reasons for judgment. For the following reasons, we reverse...

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