Randall Moody wrote: >Does anyone have the actual ruling? What started this case? > This comment comes from an article at a link I posted earlier: " More than four centuries ago, an explorer named LaSalle first navigated the Mississippi River to its mouth and staked a claim for France. Hence, the humble beginnings of our sportsmen's paradise. Based on a ruling by U.S. District Judge Robbie James last week, LaSalle might have starved before he made it to Missouri. For a decade, area fishermen have been battling Walker Cottonwood Farms, LLC, formerly Walker Lands Inc., over the right to fish on Gassoway Lake, north of Lake Providence. Walker Farms is a large land corporation that operates a hunting and fishing camp on the lake and has denied nonmembers access to fish the lake because the land actually belongs to the company. Responding to complaints of trespassing, East Carroll Parish Sheriff Mark Shumate has arrested fishermen numerous times for fishing on the lake and other Mississippi River tributaries during periodic rise and fall of the river. This case stems from those arrests. " The rest of the article located at this link: http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060914/OPINION01/609140319/1014 I don't have the actual ruling yet but will post it here if/when I can locate it. Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Sep 22 2006 - 12:38:59 PDT
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