NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A south Louisiana flood authority is fighting a new state law aimed at retroactively killing a lawsuit filed last year over coastal damage attributed to oil and gas drilling.
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East argues in federal court papers filed Tuesday that the law cannot be used to block the lawsuit, which the authority filed in 2013 against more than 90 oil, gas and pipeline companies.
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