Case Name: RIVER MARINE CONTRACTORS INC. v. The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE ST. BERNARD PORT, HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICT and the Board of Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1990-04-27
Citations: 559 So. 2d 1383
Docket Number: No. 90-CC-0629
Parties: RIVER MARINE CONTRACTORS INC. v. The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE ST. BERNARD PORT, HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICT and the Board of Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 559
Pages: 1383–1383

Head Matter:
RIVER MARINE CONTRACTORS INC. v. The BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE ST. BERNARD PORT, HARBOR AND TERMINAL DISTRICT and the Board of Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans.
No. 90-CC-0629.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 27, 1990.

Opinion:
In re River Marine Contractors Inc.;— Plaintiff(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 89CW-2149; Parish of St. Bernard, 34th Judicial District Court, Div. "C", No. 61-732.
Prior report: La.App., 556 So.2d 284.
Writ granted. The order of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal to dismiss River Marine Contractors, Inc.'s petition without prejudice on the grounds of sovereign immunity is hereby reversed and this matter is remanded to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal to consider the exception of improper venue filed by the Board of Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans.