Avenal v. State

ELR Citation: ELR 20122
No(s). 03-C-3521 (La. Oct 19, 2004)

The Louisiana Supreme Court threw out a $1.3 billion takings judgment awarded to oyster fishermen holding oyster leases in the Breton Sound area who allegedly suffered a compensable taking under the Louisiana Constitution as a result of the state's operation of a coastal restoration project that alt...