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Roseland Plantation, L.L.C. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Roseland Plantation, L.L.C. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Roseland Plantation, L.L.C. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ↗

1:05-cv-00793-JTT-JDKUnited States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (W.D. La.)3 entries

Filing Date

Document

Type

01/11/2007

Louisiana Federal District Court Ruled for Plaintiff in Carbon Credit Ownership Case

Judgment on stipulation for the plaintiff.

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana ultimately decided for the plaintiff and declared that only Roseland had the rights to the carbon credits produced by the conservation servitude.

Decision

05/09/2005

Plaintiffs Challenged Government's Ownership of Carbon Credits

Complaint filed.

The plaintiffs claimed that the conservation servitude did not give the United States the authority to “derive monetary benefit” from the land, including through the sale of carbon credits.

Complaint

01/01/2005

Filing Year For Action