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SHEPHERD v. SCHEDLER

No. 2015-CA-1750.

209 So.3d 752 (2016)

Derrick SHEPHERD v. Thomas SCHEDLER, in His Official Capacity as the Secretary of State for the State of Louisiana, & James "Buddy" Caldwell, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, & Paul D. Connick, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney for the 24th Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Opinion on Rehearing May 2, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Department of Justice, James D. Caldwell , Attorney General, William P. Bryan, III, Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, Paul D. Connick, Jr. , District Attorney, Terry Michael Boudreaux , Assistant District Attorney, Lani Boyd Durio , John Edgar Litchfield , for Appellant.

Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Harry Allan Rosenberg , The Law Office of Robert T. Garrity Jr., Robert Thomas Garrity, Jr. , for Appellee.

This matter arises from a challenge to the validity of a 1998 amendment to La. Const. art. I, § 10 limiting felons from seeking public office. The case is before us on direct appeal from a district court judgment declaring La. Const. art. I, § 10(B) null and void for failure to comply with the requirements of La. Const...

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