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BROUSSARD v. PARISH OF ORLEANS

Nos. 01-31408, 01-31410.

318 F.3d 644 (2003)

Kayne BROUSSARD, etc.; et al., Plaintiffs, v. The PARISH OF ORLEANS, etc.; et al., Defendants. Leonard J. Dazet, Jr., and all those similarly situated; James Anthony McDaniel, and all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M.J. Foster, etc.; et al., Defendants, Kenneth Goss, Sheriff of Acadia Parish; et al., Defendants-Appellees. Demico Perkins, and all those similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M.J. Foster, etc.; et al., Defendants, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Individually and in his official capacity as the Criminal Sheriff of Orleans Parish, State of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellee. Demico Perkins, and all those similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M.J. Foster, etc.; et al., Defendants, Edwin A. Lombard, In his official capacity as Clerk of Criminal District for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, The City of New Orleans, Defendants-Appellees. Kayne Broussard, etc.; et al., Plaintiffs, v. The Parish of Orleans, etc.; et al., Defendants. Demico Perkins, and all those similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M.J. Foster, etc.; et al., Defendants, Edwin A. Lombard, In his official capacity as Clerk of Criminal District for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, City of New Orleans, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Dalton, Law Offices of Samuel S. Dalton, Jefferson, LA, Jack L. Dveirin (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John F. Weeks, II (argued), Usry, Weeks & Matthews, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Julia Elizabeth Blewer, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, for Deen, Hackabay and Prator.

Patrick B. McIntire, Oats & Hudson, Lafayette, LA, for Savoie.

Leu Anne Lester Greco, Greco & Greco, Baton Rouge, LA, for Litchfield.

Don Anthony Almerico, Law Office of Don Almerico, Luling, LA, John H. Musser, IV (argued), Law Office of John H. Musser, IV, New Orleans, LA, for Champagne.

Millard Darnell Collins, Cade, Collins & Gorbert, New Orleans, LA, for Lombard.

Annabelle H. Walker, Deputy City Atty., New Orleans, LA, for City of New Orleans.

Before WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this case, the Plaintiffs-Appellants ("arrestees"), are members of a state-wide group of persons arrested within one year prior to commencement of this suit. They now appeal the district court's rejection of their challenges to three Louisiana statutes, each of which requires payment of a fee as a prerequisite to release on bail. As we find that such fees are administrative charges reasonably related to the functioning of the bail-bond system...

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