Legal Opinion
Scott v. District Attorney, Jefferson Parish, State of La.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 4, 1970No. Misc. 1622PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
Louisiana’s criminal vagrancy statute here comes under the constitutional al. tack that has felled a number of similar enactments around the country. The woodsman in this case is Nick J. Scott, petitioning for habeas corpus relief from his conviction under La.R.S. 14:107, an ancient tree somewhat debilitated by the extensive jurisprudence on the constitutional flaws of vagrancy laws.
Scott pleaded guilty to a bill of information brought under the Act, charging him with committing the crime of vagrancy “in that he did loiter at New Orleans International Airport at Nation…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. NewtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Levy v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- State Ex Rel. Becnel v. BlackburnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Hayes v. Municipal Court of Oklahoma CityCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1971
- Severson v. DuffDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1970
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