James M. Biglane and Charlotte Biglane Nobile v. Board of Commissioners, Fifth Louisiana Levee District

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

18-101 consolidated with 18-100

JAMES M. BIGLANE AND

CHARLOTTE BIGLANE NOBILE

VERSUS

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, FIFTH

LOUISIANA LEVEE DISTRICT, ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF CONCORDIA, NO. 44712
HONORABLE JOHN C. REEVES, DISTRICT JUDGE

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BILLY HOWARD EZELL
JUDGE

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Court composed of Billy Howard Ezell, Shannon J. Gremillion, and D. Kent Savoie,
Judges.

APRIL 24, 2017 JUDGMENT REVERSED AND
RENDERED; JUNE 19, 2017 JUDGMENT
REVERSED.

Randall Alan Smith
Tiffany Hawkins Davis
Mary Nell Bennett
Smith & Fawer
201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 3702
New Orleans, LA 70170
(504) 525-2200
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES:
James M. Biglane
Charlotte Biglane Nobile

Patrick Bayard McIntire
Oats & Marino
100 East Vermilion Street, Suite 400
Lafayette, LA 70501
(337) 233-1100
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT:
Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District

Madaline Cross Gibbs
Seventh Judicial District Court Assistant District Attorney
P.O. Box 600
Harrisonburg, LA 71340
(318) 336-5526
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT:
Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District

John D. Crigler, Jr.
Bishop Paxton Crigler & Moberley
P.O. Box 97
St. Joseph, LA 71366
(318) 766-4892
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT:
Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District

EZELL, Judge.

For the reasons set forth in the companion consolidated case hereto, Biglane

v. Bd. of Commissioners, Fifth Louisiana Levee Dist., et al., 18-100 (La.App. 3 Cir.

___/___/18), ___ So.3d ___, the April 24, 2017 and June 19, 2017 judgments of the

Seventh Judicial District Court in favor of James Biglane and Charlotte Biglane

Nobile against the Fifth Louisiana Levee District are reversed. All costs of this

appeal are assessed against the James Biglane and Charlotte Biglane Nobile.

APRIL 24, 2017 JUDGMENT REVERSED AND RENDERED; JUNE 19,

2017 JUDGMENT REVERSED.