Legal Opinion
Godwin v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Bd.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 14, 1981No. 81-C-0946PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
408 So.2d 1214 (1981)
Fannie GODWIN
v.
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD et al.
No. 81-C-0946.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
December 14, 1981.
Rehearing Denied February 19, 1982.
Woodrow W. Wyatt, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.
John F. Ward, Jr., and Robert L. Hammonds, Baton Rouge, for defendant-respondent.
MARCUS, Justice.
Fannie Godwin instituted this action against the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and its president, George H. Richard, seeking a declaration that Rule VII of the Rules of Procedure of said board,[1] both on its face and as applied to her, violated her rights of freedom…
Also in this document: Dissent · Calogero; Dissent · Dennis; Concurrence · Lemmon; Concurrence · Lemmon.
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Godwin v. East Baton Rouge Parish School BoardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Lowery v. Jefferson County Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2007
- Opinion Number, Louisiana Attorney General Reports1992