...The Descendants Project filed a motion for a temporary restraining order on Thursday in the 19th Judicial District Court to prevent “ground-penetrating” activities to protect what they believe to be unmarked burial grounds of people once enslaved on the 248-acre site.

The request came after some residents received notices from the company that pre-construction activities could occur from May 19 to June 24 that included driving steel test pilings into the ground.

The judge scheduled a hearing for June 3 to deliberate an injunction after Greenfield Louisiana, LLC, the company behind the multimillion-dollar project, said it didn’t plan to start hammering until June 6, removing the need for immediate action, according to Pam Spees, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights who represents the Descendants Project. ...

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