BY ANITA LEE calee@sunherald.comJune 19, 2014 A chancery judge jettisoned regulations for offshore drilling in state waters, finding the Mississippi Development Authority failed to complete any meaningful study of the economic impact. Chancery Judge William H. Singletary ordered MDA to prepare a study resolving the deficiencies he outlined, which means offshore drilling will at the least be delayed. He issued [...]
By David McAfee Law360, Los Angeles (May 14, 2014, 6:31 PM ET) -- A Louisiana state appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a trial court's judgment granting a permanent injunction barring USA Speedway LLC from operating its commercial automobile racetrack on its property in rural Union Parish, Louisiana, after nearby residents complained about noise and dust. Wednesday's appellate ruling affirms [...]
By The Associated Press on January 06, 2014 at 6:52 PM, updated January 06, 2014 at 6:59 PM JACKSON, Mississippi -- Environmental groups want a judge to stop rules setting a framework for offshore gas and oil exploration in parts of the Mississippi Sound. At a hearing Monday, the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network asked Hinds County Chancery [...]
The Associated Press Published: Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 - 1:23 pm Last Modified: Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 - 1:30 pm JACKSON, Miss. -- The Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network, who are fighting plans by the state to lease parts of the Mississippi Sound for natural gas drilling, will be heard Jan. 6 in Hinds County Chancery Court, according [...]
March 21, 2013 4:37 PM By Tia Benton NEW ORLEANS – A former employee of Amtrak and CSX Transportation is suing the entities on claims that each is liable unto him for damages after he contracted non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Joseph Tangell filed a lawsuit against CSX Transportation Inc. and National Railroad Passenger Company (AMTRAK) on Jan. 18 in the Orleans [...]
Oil giant BP says the clean-up following the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been a success, but many fishers disagree. As the trial to resolve the remaining civil litigation opens, DW visits communities affected. 58 year-old fisherman Byron Encalade stands in one of his two boats. He hasn't used either of them in almost three years. [...]
