At a Glance
Date Filed:
Current Status
Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James filed suit in federal district court in New Orleans against St. James Parish.
Our Team:
- Pamela Spees
- Astha Sharma Pokharel
- Sadaf Doost
- Baher Azmy
Co-Counsel
Tulane Environmental Law Clinic
Bill Quigley
Client(s)
Inclusive Louisiana
Mount Triumph Baptist Church
Case Description
Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James brought this action against St. James Parish for its decades of environmental racism and discriminatory siting of industrial facilities in predominantly Black communities in the Parish. The lawsuit seeks a moratorium on all new sitings of industrial facilities and expansions of existing facilities, protection of unmarked cemeteries of people once enslaved in the Parish, and a court-monitored process involving directly-affected communities to help assess remediation and guide tranformation.