LOUSTEAU v. HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, INC.

No. 22-30407.

81 F.4th 437 (2023)

John LOUSTEAU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, INCORPORATED; Congregation of Holy Cross Moreau Province, Incorporated, incorrectly named as Congregation of Holy Cross Southern Province, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Lamothe, III , Julien Guy Lamothe , Kristi Schubert , Lamothe Law Firm, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Kevin Hastings , PCVA Law, Tacoma, WA, Michael Thomas Pfau , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William P. Gibbens, Esq. , Ian Lewis Atkinson, Esq. , Attorney, Schonekas, Benjamin O. Flaxenburg, Esq. , Evans, McGoey & McEachin, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Brittany R. Wolf , Gerald Edward Meunier , Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae Child USA.

Chimene St. Amant , Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, David Jeddie Smith, Jr. , Baton Rouge, LA, for Amicus Curiae Jeff Landry.

Mark Alan Mintz , Samantha Oppenheim , Robert Patrick Vance, Esq. , Jones Walker, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Richard C. Stanley, Esq. , Eva Joelle Dossier , Matthew James Paul , Stanley, Reuter, Thornton & Alford, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Amici Curiae Jesuit High School of New Orleans, and United States Central & Southern Province, Society of Jesus.

Richard Arthur Bordelon , Todd Ryan Gennardo, I , Ian Gunn , Denechaud & Denechaud, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Charles Michael Pisano , Roedel Parsons Blache Fontana Piontek & Pisano, A.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Amici Curiae American Tort Reform Association, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and Louisiana Association of Self-Insured Employers.

Before King, Smith, and Elrod, Circuit Judges.


John Lousteau appeals the dismissal of his complaint in the district court. In light of an opinion rendered by the Louisiana Supreme Court in the intervening period, see T.S. v. Congregation of Holy Cross S. Province, Inc., 366 So.3d 64 (La. June 27, 2023), we VACATE the district court's decision and REMAND.

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