Legal Opinion
Madeline Johnson, Etc. v. The City of Opelousas, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1981No. 80-3411PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
This case involves an action by a mother and her son to challenge the constitutionality of the nocturnal juvenile curfew ordinance of the City of Opelousas, Louisiana. The district court upheld, with a minor exception, the constitutionality of the ordinance. See Johnson v. City of Opelousas, 488 F.Supp. 433 (W.D.La.1980). We reverse.
I. Facts
On August 16, 1978, appellant Madeline Johnson’s son, James Johnson, then fourteen years old, was arrested at 2:05 a.m. by a police officer of the City of Opelousas under Opelousas Code § 18-8.1 (1972), 1 the nocturnal…
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