MANUEL v. STATE

No. 95-CA-2189.

677 So.2d 116 (1996)

Jody W. MANUEL, Stacey P. Foret, Burke G. Pierrotti and Wendell J. Manuel v. STATE of Louisiana; Honorable Edwin W. Edwards, Governor; Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General; J. William Pucheu, District Attorney; and Terry Pitre, Commissioner, Louisiana Office of Alcohol Beverage Control, Department of Revenue and Taxation.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion July 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, E. Kay Kirkpatrick, Roy Achille Mongrue, Jr., James Marshall Ross, Barbara B. Rutledge, James C. Hrdlicka, III, Thomas S. Halligan, Asst. Attorneys General, for Applicant.

John Larry Vidrine, Ville Platte, Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Alexandria, David Overlook Stewart, Brian S. Chilton, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Henry M. Jasny, New York City, for Amicus Curiae Highway & Auto Safety and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers.

John Dowling Rawls, New Orleans, for Amicus Curiae Wedon A. Brown.


Concurring Opinion by Chief Justice Calogero July 12, 1996.

LEMMON, Justice.*

This rehearing was granted to reconsider the earlier decision which held unconstitutional the statutory provisions that raised the minimum drinking age in this state to twenty-one. On original hearing, a majority of this court ruled that these statutes violated the equal protection afforded by La. Const. art. I, § 3 against arbitrary discrimination...

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