Ringe v. Romero

MEMORANDUM RULING

DUHE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek by summary judgment a declaration that LSA-R.S. 14:95.4(A) and Lafayette Ordinance 0-2271, codified as §§ 10-74 through 10-74.6, are unconstitutional both facially and as applied to plaintiffs in the instant case.

BACKGROUND

On February 10, 1984, plaintiffs were customers at Rod’s Wammer-Jammer Motorcycle Shop, Bar and Lounge (“Uncle Rod’s”). At that time more than ten police officers from the City of Lafayette and the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Department entered Uncle Rod’s to conduct a search of all Uncle Rod’s patrons. Some were in…