Legal Opinion
Blitch v. City of Slidell
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 22, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION No. 16-17596PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SECTION I
AMENDED ORDER AND REASONS
LANCE M. AFRICK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Slidell requires would-be panhandlers to register with the chief of police and wear identification before asking their fellow citizens for money. Because that offends the United States Constitution, the Court grants plaintiffs’ motion1 for summary judgment, denies Slidell’s,2 and issues a permanent injunction against enforcement of the ordinance.
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Since 2015, the City of Slidell has received seventy complaints relating to panhandling or solicitation-based offenses. Yet, only fourteen of those complaints were…
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