Legal Opinion
Bourgeois v. Landrum
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 6, 1981No. 80-C-2411PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
396 So.2d 1275 (1981)
Rev. Albert BOURGEOIS, Victoria Taylor, Cora Marzette and Clarence Walker
v.
Rev. Lawrence LANDRUM and Ebenezer Baptist Church of New Orleans.
No. 80-C-2411.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 6, 1981.
Carolyn N. Hazard and Michael B. McColloster, New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant.
Sidney H. Cates, IV, of Harris, Stampley, McKee, Lombard & Cates, New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.
DENNIS, Justice.[*]
The issue presented by this case is whether the First Amendment protects a church organized under a state's non-profit corporation law from the enforcement in civil court of a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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