LOUISIANA v. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 23-1839.

726 F.Supp.3d 653 (2024)

State of LOUISIANA, et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

Signed March 28, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Jordan Bailey Redmon, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, New Orleans, LA, for Louisiana State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, James Hamilton Percival, II, Pro Hac Vice, Florida Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiff Florida State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Theodore J. Wold, Pro Hac Vice, Idaho Office of the Attorney General, Boise, ID, for Plaintiff Idaho State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Lindsey Keiser, Pro Hac Vice, Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, for Plaintiff Kentucky State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Justin L. Matheny, Pro Hac Vice, Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff Mississippi State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Christian Brian Corrigan, Pro Hac Vice, Montana Attorney General's Office Office of the Attorney General, Helena, MT, Peter Martin Torstensen, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Montana Attorney General's Office Solicitor General's Office, Helena, MT, for Plaintiff Montana State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Philip J. Axt, Pro Hac Vice, North Dakota Office of the Attorney General, Bismarck, ND, for Plaintiff North Dakota State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, James Emory Smith, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Thomas T. Hydrick, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina, Joseph David Spate, Pro Hac Vice, South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Solicitor General Division, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiff South Carolina State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Charles Eldred, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Legal Strategy Division, Austin, TX, Leif A. Olson, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General of Iowa, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintiff Texas State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Andrew N. Ferguson, Pro Hac Vice, Kevin Michael Gallagher, Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for Plaintiff Virginia State.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Morgan Brungard, Tracy Short, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Jeffrey Hetzel, Pro Hac Vice, Kathleen Smithgall Lane, Pro Hac Vice, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, Jordan Bailey Redmon, Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, New Orleans, LA, Shae Gary McPhee, Jr., Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Solicitor General, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs Acadia Parish, Ascension Parish, Assumption Parish, Avoyelles Parish, Bossier Parish, Caldwell Parish, Cameron Parish, Catahoula Parish, Claiborne Parish, Concordia Parish, East Baton Rouge Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Evangeline Parish, Franklin Parish, Grant Parish, Iberville Parish, Jackson Parish, Jefferson Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Lafayette Parish, Lafourche Parish, Livingston Parish, Madison Parish, Orleans Parish, Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. James Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, St. Landry Parish, St. Mary Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Tensas Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Vermilion Parish, Vernon Parish, Washington Parish, Webster Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Winn Parish, Bossier LeVee District, Fifth Louisiana LeVee District, Grand Isle Independent LeVee District, Lafourche Basin LeVee District, North Lafourche Conservation, LeVee and Drainage District, Ponchartrain LeVee District, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority — East, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority — West, South Lafourche LeVee District, St. Mary LeVee District, Terrebonne LeVee & Conservation District, East Ascension Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1, Association of LeVee Boards of Louisiana, Grand Isle Town, Jean Lafitte Town.

Benjamin Thomas Takemoto, Yoseph T. Desta, DOJ-Civ, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Krystal-Rose Perez, DOJ-Enrd, Washington, DC, for Department of Homeland Security, et al.


SECTION: "P" (1)

ORDER AND REASONS

Before the Court are Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint (R. Doc. 47) and Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (R. Doc. 14). Both motions are opposed and have been fully briefed by the parties...

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