Legal Opinion
Doe v. Jindal
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 29, 2012No. Civil Action No. 11-388PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MARTIN L.C. FELDMAN, District Judge.
Before the Court is the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the motion is GRANTED.
Background
At issue in this case is a first and defining principle of our struggle as a nation that finally resolved in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution: Equal Protection before the Law. As two writers1 have observed:
The idea was to distinguish between legislation for the common benefit and legislation that benefitted or burdened the few.... It was an appeal to notions of reciprocity in governance: law’s generality…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Erotic Service Provider Legal Education & Research Project v. GasconCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
- Doe v. CaldwellDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2012
- Collins v. LeBlancDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 2021
- Doe v. HoodDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2018
- Doe v. WasdenDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 2021
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