SOUTHERN XN LDSHP CONF v. SUPREME CT, LA

No. 99-30895.

252 F.3d 781 (2001)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Louisiana Chapter; St. James Citizens for Jobs & the Environment; Calcasieu League for Environmental Action Now; Holy Cross Neighborhood Association; Fishermen & Concerned Citizens' Association of Plaquemines Parish; St. Thomas Residents Council; Louisiana Environmental Action Network; Louisiana Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now; North Baton Rouge Environmental Association; Louisiana Communities United; Robert Kuehn; Christopher Gobert; Elizabeth E. Teel; Jane Johnson; William P. Quigley; Tulane Environmental Law Society; Tulane University Graduate and Professional Student Association; Inga Haagenson Causey; Carolyn Delizia; Dana Hanaman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Revised June 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Udell (argued), Brennan Center for Justice, New York City, Mary E. Howell, Howell & Snead, Marjorie Ruth Esman, Massengale & Debruhl, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael H. Rubin (argued), Ashley Byrd Lowe, McGlinchey Stafford, Christina Berthelot Peck, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Frost, Balhoff & McCollister, Baton Rouge, LA, Thomas Roberts, Stephanie M. Sisson, McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, LA, Donald Ray Cravins, Jr., Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Vaughn C. Williams, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for Louisiana Appleseed, Amicus Curiae.

Daria Burgess Diaz, Osborne, McComiskey & Diaz, Metairie, LA, for Gloria Roberts, Amicus Curiae.

Joel R. Waltzer, Waltzer & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for League of Women Voters of Louisiana, Amicus Curiae.

Peter A. Joy, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO, Charles David Weisselberg, Center for Clinical Education, University of California School of Law (Boalt Hall), Berkeley, CA, Suzanne Jamie Levitt, Drake University School of Law, Des Moines, IA, for Association of American Law Schools, American Association of University Professors and Clinical Legal Education Association, Amici Curiae.

James M. Klebba, New Orleans, LA, pro se.

Edward F. Sherman, New Orleans, LA, pro se.

Lawrence S. Lustberg, Jessica A. Roth, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolon, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, NJ, for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana, Amicus Curiae.

Theodore Mark Cooperstein, Daniel J. Popeo, Washington, DC, for Washington Legal Foundation and Economic Freedom Law Clinic, Amici Curiae.

Before GOODWIN, GARWOOD and JONES, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

On April 16, 1999, the Plaintiffs1 filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging that Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XX impermissibly suppresses Plaintiffs' freedoms of speech and association as protected under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The complaint seeks injunctive and declaratory relief, costs and attorneys' fees. Defendant...

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