Company in Venice Sues Government Over Road

A disagreement between the Louisiana Fruit Company (LFC) and the Plaquemines Parish Government (PPG) developed into an official legal dispute after the company filed a lawsuit on May 2. Officially, LFC is requesting a “declaratory judgment” on whether a road on their property down in Venice, Louisiana—known as Coast Guard Road—is privately owned or owned by PPG. The company alleges that in 1966,…

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