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Lafayette asks judge to reconsider dismissing St. Martin Parish from federal spoil bank lawsuit 

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Lafayette wanted a judge to declare it followed all rules and regulations in February when, at night, it had a contractor remove the spoil bank, an unofficial levee created along the Vermilion River bank decades ago when the Corps dumped material it dredged from the river. St. Martin Parish alleged LCG needed its permission to conduct the work.

Source: The Advocate