Legal Opinion
Pelts & Skins, LLC v. Landreneau
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2004No. 03-30523PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellee Pelts & Skins farms alligators in Louisiana. Defendant-Appellant William Dwight Landreneau is Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wild*425life and Fisheries (“DWF”), the agency responsible for overseeing conservation of alligators.1 Louisiana requires alligator hunters and farmers to pay various fees, and DWF uses a portion of those fees to support generic marketing of alligator products. Pelts & Skins alleges that this practice constitutes a compelled subsidy for private speech that violates the First Amendment. The district court agreed with…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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