The opinion
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.