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JOHNSON v. CITY OF OPELOUSAS

No. 80-3411.

658 F.2d 1065 (1981)

Madeline JOHNSON, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF OPELOUSAS, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

October 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard B. Millspaugh, City Atty., Opelousas, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before INGRAHAM, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an action by a mother and her son to challenge the constitutionality of the nocturnal juvenile curfew ordinance of the City of Opelousas, Louisiana. The district court upheld, with a minor exception, the constitutionality of the ordinance. See Johnson v. City of Opelousas, 488 F.Supp. 433 (W.D.La.1980). We reverse.

I. Facts

On August 16, 1978, appellant...

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