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ELECTORATE OF GAYS AND LESBIANS v. STATE

No. 2001-CA-1091.

833 So.2d 1016 (2002)

LOUISIANA ELECTORATE OF GAYS AND LESBIANS, INC., a Louisiana Corporation not for Profit, Laurence E. Best, Esquire, W. Lloyd Bowers, Esquire, John D. Rawls, Esquire, The Hon. Joan L. Ladnier, Kevin Besse, R.N., Jeanne M. Leblanc, ACSW, BCSW, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, The Hon. Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General of Louisiana and the Hon. Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, not Individually but rather in their Official Capacities, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Rawls, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Charles H. Braud, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Thomas S. Halligan, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge DAVID S. GORBATY).

DAVID S. GORBATY, Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants, a lesbian and gay civil organization, and several lesbian and gay citizens ("LEGAL"), sued the State of Louisiana, its Attorney General and the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, the latter both individually and as the class representative of all of the prosecutors in and for the State of Louisiana. Plaintiffs sought a declaration that the Louisiana Crime Against Nature statute, La. R.S. 14:89, and several statutes...

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