‘Why Does It Always Have to Be Us?’: Court Revives Lawsuit Accusing Louisiana Parish of Sacrificing Black Neighborhoods to Toxic Industry While Shielding White Communities for 46 Years
A federal appeals court in Louisiana ruled that three organizations representing Black residents can continue with their civil rights lawsuit against St. James Parish that seeks to stop the construction and expansion of polluting petrochemical plants in majority Black neighborhoods. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the plaintiffs sufficiently made the case for…
