NEW ORLEANS – One week after having its permit for the expansion of a cyanide plant in Waggaman denied by the Jefferson Parish Council, Cornerstone Chemical is suing the parish.
NEW ORLEANS – After having the permit for its proposal for an expansion of a cyanide plant in Waggaman denied by the Jefferson Parish council, Cornerstone Chemical is suing the parish.
GRETNA – A frequent critic of the Jefferson Parish Council who was awarded $20,000 stemming from a federal lawsuit that he had filed nearly five years after being ejected from a public meeting, recently said he will continue to criticize the local government.
Melissa Landry, the executive director of Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, has expressed concerns over whether a partnership between the Jefferson Parish Council and four law firms to go after opioid manufacturers and distributors is “a legitimate solution” to America’s opioid crisis.
NEW ORLEANS — Jefferson Parish government and officials have prevailed on appeal against the embattled Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, which sought to enjoin its eviction from parish-owned facilities.
NEW ORLEANS — The 5th District Court of Appeals has issued a mixed ruling in a case arising from a heated Jefferson Parish council meeting in Gretna in 2013, in which a citizen was ejected after raising questions about a no-bid contract awarded to a campaign contributor.
HARAHAN — A federal lawsuit filed by a Louisiana political consultant is set for trial in early February after members of the Jefferson Parish Council rejected a settlement proposal.
NEW ORLEANS — Cameron Parish filed at least 11 lawsuits against more than 100 oil and gas companies on Monday in what is a "litigious legal system," according to the president of one of the state’s trade associations.
A Louisiana businessman has filed a lawsuit against Jefferson Parish for arbitrarily denying his application to build a new bar outside of the Fat City area.
