JOHNSON v. CITY OF OPELOUSAS

Civ. A. No. 790317.

488 F.Supp. 433 (1980)

Madeline JOHNSON, on her own behalf and on behalf of her minor son, James Johnson, as his next friend, and on behalf of all other minors similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF OPELOUSAS, an Incorporated Municipality, Thomas Edwards, individually and in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Opelousas, Howard Zerangue, Individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette-Opelousas Division, Section S.

April 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Remm, Jr., Acadiana Legal Service Corp., Lafayette, La., for plaintiffs.

Richard B. Millspaugh, Opelousas, La., for defendant.


OPINION

SHAW, District Judge.

This matter involves an action by a mother and her son to test the constitutionality of the nocturnal juvenile curfew ordinance of the City of Opelousas, Louisiana. The matter was submitted to the Court to be decided on the stipulation of facts in the record. All parties to this cause have the status of natural persons residing within the geographical area encompassed by the Federal Western District of Louisiana.

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