United States Fifth Circuit

In a dispute involving a contract with a parish to perform post-hurricane repairs, an appeal from denial of defendant-parish's motion to dismiss is affirmed in part and dismissed in part where the lower court properly found that the parish is not an "arm of the state" and the court lacked jurisdiction to review a claim of error regarding a choice-of-forum clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/17/2007
• Published 12/18/2007

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, SMITH and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David J. Krebs, Marc Lee Domres (argued), Krebs, Farley & Pelleteri, New Orleans, LA, for United Disaster Response, LLC., Lloyd N. Shields (argued), Elizabeth Lapeyre Gordon, Shields, Mott, Lund, New Orleans, LA, Vincent J. Lobello, Wynne, Goux, Lobello, Slidell, LA, for Omni Pinnacle, LLC., William Christopher Beary (argued), Orrill Cordell & Beary, New Orleans, LA, for St. Tammany Parish.