Steve Crooks, Et Al. v. State Of Louisiana Through The Department Of Natural Resources

Supreme Court of Louisiana
June 22, 2022
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
STEVE CROOKS, ET AL.
VS.
STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
No. 2022-C-00625
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IN R
E: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources - Applicant Defendant;
Applying For Writ Of Certiorari, Parish of Rapides, 9th Judicial Distric t Court
Number(s) 224,262, Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) 21-633;
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June 22, 2022
Writ application granted. See briefing notice and Order.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
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CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L. WEIMER
JUSTICES
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SCOTT J. CRICHTON
JAMES T. GENOVESE
JAY B. MCCALLUM
JEFFERSON D. HUGHES III
PIPER D. GRIFFIN
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ixth District
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irst District
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ONICA O. KOCLANES
CLERK OF COURT
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ELEPHONE (504) 310-2300
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June 22, 2022
2022-C-00625 STEVE CROOKS, ET AL. VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
NOT
E: FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WRIT GRANTED June 22, 2022
MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL IN CAPTIONED CASE:
Please be advised that the above- captioned matter will be set for oral argument on this Court's next
available docket. A copy of the official docket with the specific date and time of oral argument will be
mailed out.
Please note Section 8 of Rule VII of the Rules of this Court provides that the applicant or relator, as
the case may be, must file their briefs on or before July 18, 2022; and the respondent on or before
August 8, 2022.
O
ral argument will be waived if brief is untimely filed . Briefs submitted on legal sized paper should be
fastened at the top. All briefs should be backed with the customary "Blueback" or other flexible material. In
criminal proceedings, the court directs that counsel must file a brief. Failure to do so may subject counsel to
a penalty of contempt of Court.
It is further provided in Rule VII, Section 9 that briefs sent through the mail shall be deemed timely filed if
mailed on or before the due date. If the brief is received by mail on the first legal day follo wing the
expiration of the delay, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it was timely filed. In all cases where
the presumption does not apply, the timeliness of the mailing shall be shown only by an official United
States postmark or by official re ceipt or certificate from the United States Postal Service, or bona fide
commercial mail services such as Federal Express or United Parcel Service, made at the time of mailing
which indicates the date thereof. Any other date stamp, such as a private commercial mail meter stamp, or
label from an Automated Postal Center, shall not be used to establish timeliness.
Briefs forwarded by private delivery or courier service shall be deemed timely filed only if received by the
clerk on or before the last day of the delay for filing.
W
ith kindest regards, I remain,
V
ery truly yours,
T
heresa McCarthy
Second Deputy Clerk
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ccs: All Counsel
Hon. Monique F. Rauls
Hon. Robin L. Hooter
Hon. Renee R. Simien
9th Judicial District Court: 224,262
Court of Appeal, Third Circuit: 21-633
06/22/22

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2022-C-00625
STEVE CROOKS, ET AL.
VERSUS
STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES
On Writ of Certiorari and/or Review
Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides, No. 224,262;
Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. 21-633.
And, whereas, the Court has this date, pursuant to Article 5, Section 5, of the
Constitution of Louisiana, made and issued the following order, to wit— “It is
ordered that the writ of review issue; that the District Court and the Court of
Appeal send up the record in Duplicate of the case; and that counsel for all parties
be notified.”
Now, therefore, the said District Court and the Court of Appeal is hereby
commanded, in the name of the State of Louisiana and of this Honorable Court, to
send up forthwith to this Court, in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 1, at the
City of New Orleans, the record in duplicate of the above-entitled case.
Witness the Honorable Justices of the
Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, on
this 22nd day of June, in the year of our
Lord, Two Thousand Twenty-Two.
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Veronica O. Koclanes
Clerk of Court
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Second Deputy Clerk of Court