White Lake Lawsuit Thrown Out Again

The Advocate reports that 19th JDC Judge William Morvant ruled Monday that state sentator Joe McPherson does not have standing to bring a lawsuit against the state and BP Amoco regarding the White Lake deal. Judge Morvant allowed Senator McPherson to amend the suit to show that he had a peculiar or keen personal interest, but still ruled that he did not when there was no allegation that the deal would affect him financially. The ruling will be appealed to the Louisana First Circuit according to McPherson's attorney, Steve Irving. "This is an important issue because it means no public interest group would ever have standing on issues. We didn't come this far to lose," said Irving.

Posted by AJR at August 5, 2003 08:14 AM