Legal Opinion
Winbery v. Louisiana College
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 6, 2013No. 13-339PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GENOVESE, Judge.
| ¡Plaintiffs, Dr. Carlton L. Winbery, Dr. Frederick L. Downing, Dr. James R. Heath, and Dr. Connie R. Douglas, appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit against Defendants, Louisiana College, Leon Hyatt, Jr., Joe Aguillard, Kent Aguillard, Alan Shoemaker, and Amy Roussell, pursuant to the trial court’s grant of Defendants’ declinatory exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The trial court reasoned that to resolve Plaintiffs’ claims would require an unconstitutional entanglement in a religious dispute under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. Defendants filed a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- City of New Orleans v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- Wooley v. LucksingerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
- Mrs. Billie B. McCLURE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the SALVATION ARMY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by6 opinions
- Williams v. Bestcomp, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- Carmichael v. BrooksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- Fairfield Pentecostal Church v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- Edwards v. Geico Indemnity Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- Fairfield Pentecostal Church v. Elwood JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.