EDWARDS v. LOUISIANA STATE LEGISLATURE

NO. 2020-CA-1407.

315 So.3d 213 (2020)

Governor John Bel EDWARDS v. LOUISIANA STATE LEGISLATURE, Louisiana House of Representatives, & Clay Schexnayder, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Bryan, III , Angelique Duhon Freel , Katherine Krupa Green , Jeffrey Martin Landry , Elizabeth Baker Murrill , Alexander Theodore Reinboth and Benjamin William Wallace, for Applicant Defendant State of Louisiana.

Emily Andrews and David Jeddie Smith, Jr. , for Respondent Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana Legislature.

Gary Michael Carter, Jr. , and Samuel L. Jenkins, Jr. , for Respondent Intervenor Louisiana House Democratic Caucus.

Matthew Ferdinand Block , Darnell Bludworth , Christopher Chocheles , Joshua Simon Force , James Michael Garner , Josie N. Serigne , Tina Vanichchagorn , John Charles Walsh and Jack Meyar Weiss, III , for Respondent Plaintiff Governor John Bel Edwards.


On October 8, 2020, Governor John Bel Edwards ("governor") issued Proclamation Number 134 JBE 2020, which imposed certain restrictions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 23, 2020, the Louisiana House of Representatives delivered a Petition to Terminate State of Public Health Emergency ("House Petition") to the governor. The House...

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