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Council authorizes partial settlements in multiple oil-and-gas suits, grants parish president execution authority
Summary
Council added and approved a resolution authorizing partial settlements in a series of lawsuits the parish has filed against oil-and-gas companies; the measure passed unanimously and authorizes the parish president to execute settlements recommended by legal counsel.
The Plaquemines Parish Council voted to add and adopt a resolution authorizing partial settlements tied to a package of pending suits in the 25th Judicial District. The litigation list read into the record named defendants including ConocoPhillips, HHE Energy, LLOG Exploration and Production, Equitable Petroleum Corporation, Riverwood Production Company, Pepco LP, Cass Kids Operating Co., Great Southern Oil & Gas Co., Apache Oil Corporation, Campbell Energy Corporation, and Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA; the clerk recorded the relevant 25th JDC case numbers on the agenda.
After discussion the council approved a resolution authorizing the parish president to take "all things necessary and proper to carry out said partial settlements recommended by legal counsel," with the clerk recording the vote as 8–0 in favor. The record noted the council recessed for executive session earlier to discuss litigation and returned with no binding action; the resolution authorizes follow‑up settlement steps recommended by counsel.
