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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that accused a south Louisiana parish of using land use policies to guide industries that pollute into communities with majority-Black populations.
A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit alleging St. James Parish used discriminatory land use policies to concentrate polluting industries in Black neighborhoods.
When yet another industrial plant planned to open in St. James Parish, Louisiana, Sharon Lavigne decided to do something about it.