Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Supreme Court of Louisiana

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

On April 16, 1999, the Plaintiffs 1 filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging that Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XX imper-missibly suppresses Plaintiffs’ freedoms of speech and association as protected under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The complaint seeks injunctive and declaratory relief, costs and attorneys’ fees. Defendant, the Louisiana Supreme Court (LSC), 2 filed two motions, asking the district court to dismiss the action under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a…