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Lawsuit alleging St. James Parish steered industrial polluters to Black neighborhoods allowed to advance
A federal appeals court has resuscitated a lawsuit alleging that St. James Parish pursued a discriminatory policy of locating air-polluting industrial projects in Black-majority communities of the region known as “Cancer Alley.” -
Federal judge rules Columbia University student held in Louisiana can be deported
A Columbia University student who is accused of taking part in antisemitic protests and posing a threat to U.S. foreign policy remains in detention in Jena, La., after a federal immigration judge said he could be deported based on U.S. immigration law. -
University student held at Louisiana facility in court battle to fight deportation
A Columbia University student who was picked up by plainclothes agents, called a threat to U.S. foreign policy and targeted with deportation remains in federal custody in Louisiana, despite a federal judge’s order that his case be transferred to New Jersey. -
Louisiana law protecting pipelines from protestors challenged, as oil group defends its passage
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A change to Louisiana's anti-protest law, now being challenged in federal court, didn't trouble the vast majority of lawmakers when it passed last year, the head of the group that proposed and drafted the amendment said during a recent interview. -
Use of eminent domain for Bayou Bridge Pipeline is unconstitutional, attorney says
Owners of a 38-acre portion of land in the Atchafalaya Basin are infuriated as their land is now being challenged, not by the government, but by a pipeline company, a posting on katc.com said.