News (Archived): Jan 1, 2006 - Dec 31, 2007 [News Archive]
Hospitality Enterprises Dispute Resolved
The Times-Picayune - MoneyNovember 27, 2007
Tourism magnate Warren Reuther Jr. will again resume control of Hospitality Enterprises Inc., the company he co-founded but was terminated from six years ago during a bitter family feud, according to a court document and an attorney for Reuther.
Reuther will reassume the position of chairman of the board of Hospitality Enterprises and ...
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Hospitality Enterprises Dispute ResolvedSome Denizens of Tony Street in Tax Suit
by Gordon Russell, The Times-PicayuneOctober 17, 2007
A lawsuit filed by two typical homeowners challenging new assessment values Uptown has its roots on Audubon Place, a private street inaccessible to most New Orleanians and among the city's most exclusive addresses.
The suit seeks to have thrown out all of the property values recently calculated by 6th District Assessor Nancy Marshall because...
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Some Denizens of Tony Street in Tax SuitABC Video - Hurricane Katrina Animals
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September 21, 2007Class action lawsuit regarding pets left behind during Katrina evacuation.
Ex-Newscaster Sues Archbishop
by Bruce Nolan, The Times-PicayuneSeptember 7, 2007
It has been a remarkable three weeks in the family of former newscaster Mary Lou McCall. On Thursday, she sued her longtime television partner, retired Archbishop Philip Hannan. And her son, John Young Jr., qualified to run against his father -- McCall's ex-husband -- for an at-large Seat on the Jefferson Parish Council.
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Ex-newscaster Sues ArchbishopLevee Board Pays to Settle Suit
by Matt Scallan, The Times-PicayuneJune 15, 2007
The Ponchartrain Levee District has paid nearly $1 million to the owner of 45 acres in St. Charles Parish's LaBranche Wetlands to settle a lawsuit that board members feared could have cost it millions more had it gone to trial.
Last month, the levee district approved the $950,000 settlement with William Monteleone Jr. and other family members, who own the property taken for construction of the St. Charles Parish east bank hurricane levee.
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Levee Board Pays to Settle SuitLouisiana Eminent Domain After Kelo and Katrina.
by Randall A. SmithLouisiana Bar Journal - Volume 53, Number 5
February/March 2006
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