DOE v. SCHOOL BD. OF OUACHITA PARISH

No. 00-30874.

274 F.3d 289 (2001)

Jane DOE, on behalf of David Doe, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCHOOL BOARD OF OUACHITA PARISH; et al., Defendants, Murphy J. Foster, III, in his official capacity as Governor of Louisiana, also known as Mike Foster, Defendant-Appellant. Susan Doe, on behalf of Janet Doe; John Doe, on behalf of Janet Doe, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Murphy J. Foster, III, Etc; et al., Defendants, Murphy J. Foster, III, in his official capacity as Governor of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ayesha Khan (argued), Americans United For Separation of Church & State, Washington, DC, William P. Quigley, Loyola Law School Clinic, New Orleans, LA, Charles L. Kincade, Monroe, LA, Marjorie Ruth Esman, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

James Carl Hrdlicka (argued), Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and DUHÉ and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Murphy J. Foster, III ("Foster"), in his capacity as Governor of Louisiana, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs-appellees, and declaratory judgment that La. R.S. § 17:2115(A), La.Rev.Stat. § 17:2115(A) (West 1999), ("the statute") violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Const. amend...

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