Legal Opinion
City of Lake Charles v. Henning
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 17, 1982No. 82-KA-0254PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
414 So.2d 331 (1982)
CITY OF LAKE CHARLES
v.
Joseph HENNING.
No. 82-KA-0254.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 17, 1982.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louis Guidry, City Prosecutor, Peter A. Ciambotti, E. R. Robinson, III, Associate City Attys., for plaintiff-appellant.
Gregory D. Lyons, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.
BLANCHE, Justice.
This case involves the constitutionality of the Lake Charles "open container" law. Joseph Henning was stopped by law enforcement officers outside a Lake Charles bar with an open can of beer in his hand. Henning was charged…
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