ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20035
No(s). 13-5410 (E.D. La. Feb 13, 2015) (Brown, J.)

A district court dismissed a flood protection board's lawsuit against 88 oil and gas companies for damages stemming from coastal erosion along a "buffer zone" in southeast Louisiana. The companies do not owe a legal duty to the board, arising under either Louisiana law or the Rivers and Harbors Act,...