Jesse MELANCON
v.
The Honorable John J. McKEITHEN, Individually and in his capacity as Governor of the State of Louisiana, et al.
Mrs. Edith HILL
v.
The Honorable John J. McKEITHEN, Individually and in his capacity as Governor of the State of Louisiana, et al.
Fleta A. JONES, as Natural Tutrix of the Minor, Brenda Ware
v.
AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY et al.
Derle LONG and Lorena Long
v.
The Honorable John J. McKEITHEN, Individually and in his capacity as Governor of the State of Louisiana, et al.
Guthrie A. MAYES and Charlie G. Garner
v.
Frederick S. ELLIS et al.
Joseph H. MOTICHEK
v.
The Honorable John J. McKEITHEN, Individually, and in his capacity as Governor of the State of Louisiana, et al.
Mrs. Pauline DAVIS, Next of Friend of Charles Davis and Jerry Davis
v.
The Honorable John J. McKEITHEN et al.
Angie R. LEWIS, Individually and Duly Qualified Natural Tutrix of the Minor, Velecia Ann Lewis
v.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY et al.
United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 1, 1972.
March 1, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert B. Neblett, Jr., Leonard Fuhrer, Neblett Fuhrer & Hunter, Alexandria, La., for plaintiff Fleta A. Jones.
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Wesley R. Wirtz, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants, Chief Justice and Associate Justices, Governor, and Attorney General.
Sam A. LeBlanc III, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., for defendant, Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.
Arthur Cobb, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs Hill, Melancon, Motichek and Derle Long.
Calvin E. Hardin, Jr., Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant, Insurance Co. of North America.
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., of Louisiana, Thomas W. McFerrin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kenneth C. DeJean, Sp. Counsel to the Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendant, Governor McKeithen, Attorney General Gremillion, Judges Paul B. Landry, Frederick S. Ellis and Julian E. Bailes.
Carlos G. Spaht, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants, Continental Casualty Co., Willie & Willie Contractors, Inc., Willie & Willie Realtors, Leo Willie and Marlin D. Willie.
Sydney B. Nelson, Pugh & Nelson, Shreveport, La., for Hollis Berry, Jr., amicus curiae.
Carlos G. Spaht, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant, Jess Johnson.
Leon Sarpy, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for defendants, amicus curiae.
J. D. DeBlieux, DeBlieux & Guidry, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant, Clovis Hendry, Inc. and Benny Spence.
J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff Mayes.
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Wesley R. Wirtz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kenneth C. DeJean, Special Counsel, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants, Ellis, McKeithen and others.
L. O. Lauve, Alexandria, La., for plaintiff, Angie R. Lewis, etc.
Valentine Irion, Shreveport, La., for defendant, Ford Motor Co.
Roy L. Beard, Shreveport, La., for defendant, Wray Lincoln Mercury, Inc.
G. M. Bodenheimer, Jr., Shreveport, La., Donn Moss, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant, Many Motors Co., Inc.
Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and WEST and HEEBE, District Judges.
United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs in these consolidated cases (See Appendix A) invite this Court to hold that the Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution1 applies to civil actions in Louisiana courts through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We decline the invitation. The Supreme Court has never adopted the principle that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment totally "incorporates" all the...
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