34th JDC Judge Darren Roy Rules That Government Lawsuit Against LIT Can Proceed to Trial

TRIAL – On September 8, 2026, Judge Darren Roy of the 34th Judicial District Court ruled in the parish government’s lawsuit against the Port of New Orleans over the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT) project, allowing the case to move forward.

Specifically, the ruling was on exceptions, or arguments for why the case should be thrown out of court, filed by both the defendants in this case (the P…