In all but the simplest cases, litigation inevitably devolves into protracted battles over the right to sue itself. Lawsuits drag on for years without ever reaching the underlying dispute, as governments and corporations hide behind a minefield of legal principles designed to close the doors of justice and deprive the people of their day in court. When all else fails, [...]
By RUSSEL L. HONORÉMAY 28, 2014 BATON ROUGE, La. — After decades of watching our state being ravaged to support the nation’s oil and gas addiction, the people of Louisiana have had enough. Last summer, an independent government authority responsible for flood protection for the New Orleans area sued more than 90 oil and gas companies for damaging coastal marshes [...]
Our region has been battered by storms and oiled by BP. We also face a long-term challenge in funding, without putting the burden on ordinary taxpayers, the $50 billion program the State says is necessary to save our vital coastal wetlands. As most know, our wetlands are where many of us live and work, and they nurture our commercial fishery [...]
The Second Circuit Court of Appeal (No. 49.060-CA) upholds the trial court's decision in granting a permanent injunction prohibiting USA Speedway, LLC from operating its automobile racetrack on its property in Union Parish because 59 of its neighbors were successful in establishing that the noise and dust from the racing were beyond what would aggravate a person of ordinary sensibilities. [...]
The LDNR is tasked with regulating the oil industry. LDNR is also tasked with protecting our vanishing coastal zone. What happens when the oil industry wants to carve up the coast? LDNR changes to “Louisiana, Do Not Resuscitate!”
