The New Orleans City Council came out on top in a Louisiana Supreme Court ruling regarding the council's dispute with the mayor over who controls the money generated by the Wisner estate.
It says the council can contest the agreement between the mayor's office and the beneficiaries of the expired Wisner trust.
Edward Wisner bequeathed thousands of acres of land in southeastern Louisiana to the city of New Orleans, to be held in a trust that divided proceed between the city and other beneficiaries.
That trust expired in 2014. Then-Mayor Mitch Landrieu, and Mayor LaToya Cantrell later on, extended the agreement which continued to split money between the city and Wisner's heirs.
The council argues those agreements are not valid, because they were not made with council approval, and the body further argues that once the trust expired, the city of New Orleans became the sole beneficiary of the Wisner proceeds.
The land generates millions of dollars, as it includes the lease for Port Fourchon in Lafourche Parish.
The ruling is not the final word on the Wisner issue, but it means the council can proceed with its legal action to force 100 percent of the Wisner land's proceeds to go to the city of New Orleans.
