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The Associated Press reports that the Louisiana oyster industry is split on whether or not to sue California for its ban on untreated oysters harvested in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Some oystermen say the ban is...
Posted in Naked Ownership on March 10, 2005 10:22 AM
The Times-Picayune reports that the Louisiana Attorney General's office is investigating a Mississippi native for allegedly sending out a fake press release indicating the Governor Blanco was willing to settle the oysterman suit. "The person who did this was certainly...
Posted in Naked Ownership on July 8, 2004 10:46 PM
The Times-Picayune reports that Governor Blanco will not accept the settlement offer made by oyster man last week. "I want to make clear that I have not and will not consider using hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to settle...
Posted in Naked Ownership on June 15, 2004 11:37 PM
The Times-Picayune reports that the oystermen who won a $1.3 billion judgment against the state for the destruction of their harvesting area have made a settlement offer of $243 million--about 81% less than the award handed down by the Plaquemines...
Posted in Naked Ownership on June 13, 2004 12:42 PM
The Times-Picayune provides an in-depth look at the issues associated with retroactive application of recently passed Constitutional Amendment No. 3, which limits the amount of damages that oyster farmers can recover as the result of losses from wetland restoration projects....
Posted in Naked Ownership on October 13, 2003 08:52 AM
The Times-Picayune reports that the Senate approved legislation Wednesday to limit the state's future and present liability to oyster harvesters who say a freshwater diversion project destroyed their leases. The state is currently facing $2 billion in such legal awards....
Posted in Naked Ownership on June 12, 2003 07:40 AM
The Times-Picayune provides in-depth coverage regarding the state's oyster leases. There are multiple stories, so each is linked with its introductory sentence: Shell Games Before he died in 1972, Eugenia Poirrier's husband took out a pair of state oyster leases...
Posted in Naked Ownership on May 4, 2003 10:45 PM