Legal Opinion
Henderson v. Stalder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 13, 2005No. 03-30699PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns whether Louisiana’s prestige license plate program facially discriminates against pro-choice views in contravention of the First Amendment. The program diverts excess charges over handling and ordinary registration fees for the plates to organizations endorsed by the legislature. Because of this feature of the program, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction over the case because of the Tax Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1341.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The First Appeal
This case is on appeal for the second time. The plaintiffs originally filed suit seeking to…
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