LAFRENIERE PARK FOUNDATION v. BROUSSARD

No. 99-30588.

221 F.3d 804 (2000)

The LAFRENIERE PARK FOUNDATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aaron F. BROUSSARD, In his official and individual capacity as a duly elected member of the Jefferson Parish Council, the governing body of the Parish; Thomas J. Ward, In his official and individual capacity as a duly elected member of the Jefferson Parish Council, the governing body of the Parish; Lloyd F. Giardina, In his official and individual capacity as a duly elected member of the Jefferson Parish Council, the governing body of the Parish; Donald L. Jones, In his official and individual capacity as a duly elected member of the Jefferson Parish Council, the governing body of the Parish; Edmond J. Muniz, In his official and individual capacity as a duly elected member of the Jefferson Parish Council, the governing body of the Parish; John T. Lavarine, Jr., In his official and individual capacity as a duly elected member of the Jefferson Parish Council, the governing body of the Parish; Nicholas F. Giambelluca, Sr., In his official and individual capacity as a duly elected member of the Jefferson Parish Council, the governing body of the Parish; Tim P. Coulon, In his official and individual capacity as the duly elected Parish President; Parish of Jefferson, A political subdivision of the State of Louisiana, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Garrity (argued), Richard Edgar Anderson, Law Office of Robert T. Garrity, Jr., Harahan, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr., Geoffrey Jacob Orr (argued), Campbell, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo & Hardy, Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before GARWOOD, WIENER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

The Lafreniere Park Foundation (the Foundation), a nonprofit corporation, appeals the district court's dismissal of its 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the members of the Jefferson Parish Council. The Foundation alleged that the Jefferson Parish Councilmen and President, each sued in their individual and official capacities, violated the Foundation's First Amendment rights to free speech and association and Fourteenth Amendment rights to...

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