IN RE C.B.

No. 97-KA-2783.

708 So.2d 391 (1998)

In re C.B., R.B., T.C., R.C., S.C., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Kline, Clinton, Martha S. Morgan, Baton Rouge, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Carlos M. Finalet, III, Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

Stephen Dixon, Baton Rouge, David J. Utter, New Orleans, for Respondent.

David Lambert, Natchitoches, for amicus curiae National Center of Youth Law.


CALOGERO, Chief Justice.*

This case presents an important issue which brings into focus the competing interests of governmental necessity and constitutional principle, having to do with the incarceration of juveniles adjudicated delinquent and the shortage of bed space within the juvenile facilities. The case comes to us because the Legislature passed a statute authorizing the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to promulgate a...

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