LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT v. BENDEL PARTNERSHIP

22-521 22-406 and 22-432.

353 So.3d 1080 (2022)

LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, v. BENDEL PARTNERSHIP (A Partnership in Commendam), Circle "A" Farm, Inc., Stacy Albert Farm, Inc., and Southern Acres, LLC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pride Justin Doran , Raven C. Boxie , DORAN & CAWTHORNE, PLCC, 521 East Landry Street, Opelousas, Louisiana 70570, (337) 948-8008, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant: Bendel Partnership, A Partnership in Commendam.

Sarah Harbison , PELICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC POLICY, 400 Poydras Street, Suite 900, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, (504) 952-8016, Counsel for Amicus Curiae: Institute for Justice.

Christen Hebert , INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE, 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 960, Austin, Texas 78701, (512) 480-3936, Counsel for Amicus Curiae: Institute for Justice.

Michael D. Hebert , BECKER & HEBERT, LLC, 201 Rue Beauregard, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508, (337) 233-1987, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee: Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government.

Gregory J. Logan , Lafayette City-Parish Attorney, THE LOGAN LAW FIRM, 700 Jefferson Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505, (337) 406-9685, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee: Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government.

Camille Bienvenu Poche' , Karen T. Bordelon , BABINEAUX, POCHÉ, ANTHONY & SLAVICH, LLC, Post Office Box 52169, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505-2169, (337) 984-2505, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee: Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government.

Randall A. Smith , L. Tiffany Hawkins , SMITH & FAWER, LLC, 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 3702, New Orleans, Louisiana 70170, (504) 525-2200, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant: Bendel Partnership (A Partnership in Commendam).

Omar J. Thibeaux , THE THIBEAUX FIRM, 400 E. Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 3200, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508, (337) 453-4663, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee: Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government.

Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, Chief Judge, Billy Howard Ezell, and Sharon Darville Wilson, Judges.


In this expropriation proceeding, both the landowner and the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government (LCG) appeal multiple rulings from the trial court, which dismissed the expropriation petition, reserved the landowner's claims for attorney's fees and damages, and omitted an award of costs to the landowner, Bendel Partnership...

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