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AGUILLARD v. TREEN

No. 83-CQ-0581.

440 So.2d 704 (1983)

Don AGUILLARD, et al. v. David C. TREEN, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Weltchek, Bachmann, Weltchek & Powers, New Orleans, Jack D. Novik, Jay Topkis, Andre R. Jaglom, Alan Pfeffer, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Ronald L. Wilson, New Orleans, for plaintiffs.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kendall L. Vick, Patricia Nalley Bowers, Maureen J. Feran, Cynthia D. Young, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baton Rouge, Samuel I. Rosenberg, Polack, Rosenberg, Rittenberg & Edom, New Orleans, John Di Giulio, Baton Rouge, Marion B. Farmer, Dist. Atty., Roy K. Burns, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Covington, David A. Hamilton, Baton Rouge, John W. Whitehead, Wendell R. Bird, Ware, Parker, Johnson, Cook & Dunlevie, Atlanta, Ga., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Thomas T. Anderson, for defendants.

CALOGERO, Justice.

The following question has been certified to this Court by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals:

"Whether Louisiana Revised Statutes Annotated Sections 17:286.1 through 17:286.7, the `Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act' violate Article 8 of the Louisiana Constitution?"

For the reasons which follow, we find that insofar as this statute, La.R.S. 17:286.1-286.7, represents a legislatively...

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