{"id":3697,"date":"2026-03-25T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:33:34","slug":"hazardous-industrial-development-in-majority-black-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/hazardous-industrial-development-in-majority-black-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cancer Alley&#8217; Lawsuit Reversal sets Precedent for other Toxic Torts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wal_172619-factory-7285676_640-e1773531351648.jpg\" alt=\"wal_172619-factory-7285676_640-e1773531351648\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" \/>Last year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case involving dangerous industrial development in <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca5\/23-30908\/23-30908-2025-04-09.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Inclusive Louisiana v. St. James Parish<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>The plaintiffs in the case were Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James (two faith and community-based organizations and a church). They sued St. James Parish, the Parish Council, and the Parish Planning Commission claiming civil rights and constitutional violations related to discrimination by the Parish against them; the Parish directed dangerous industrial development toward majority-Black districts and Black churches, which also desecrated and limited access to their enslaved ancestors\u2019 cemeteries. If you were harmed by hazardous industrial development, call the seasoned Chicago-based toxic torts lawyers of Moll Law Group. Billions have been recovered in cases with which we\u2019ve been involved, all around the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call Moll Law Group About Your Claim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the case, the residents of St. James Parish, which is located in an 80-mile stretch of industrial corridor called \u201cCancer Alley\u201d alleged that local land-use decisions resulted in a disproportionate share of petrochemical facilities in communities that were majority-Black. St. James Parish was divided into numbered districts. Most residents in the Fourth and Fifth Districts of the Parish are Black, while most residents in the Third and Seventh District are white.<\/p>\n<p>The Parish has also had about two dozen large industrial facilities within it. Twenty of the facilities were allowed in the majority-Black Fourth and Fifth Districts, but no new industrial facilities were allowed to locate in the majority-white parts of the Parish over the last 46 years.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/hazardous-industrial-development-in-majority-black-districts\/#more-3697\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case involving dangerous industrial development in Inclusive Louisiana v. St. James Parish. The plaintiffs in the case were Inclusive Louisiana, Mount Triumph Baptist Church, and RISE St. James (two faith and community-based organizations and a church). 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