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Voting Rights
Nairne v. Landry
Nairne v. Landry poses a challenge under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to Louisiana’s House and Senate legislative maps on behalf of plaintiff Black voters and Black voters across the state.
Louisiana
Apr 2020
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Singleton v. Cannizzaro
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Trone Center for Justice and Equality, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Louisiana, and Civil Rights Corps, filed suit against District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, his office in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and several Assistant District Attorneys for systematically breaking the laws of Louisiana and of the U.S. Constitution.
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13 Louisiana Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2009
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Racial Justice
Montejo v. State of Louisiana
Whether the police may interrogate an indigent defendant who has been assigned counsel without counsel present on the theory that the defendant never formally indicated that he accepted the appointment. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2009
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Racial Justice
Montejo v. State of Louisiana
Whether the police may interrogate an indigent defendant who has been assigned counsel without counsel present on the theory that the defendant never formally indicated that he accepted the appointment. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Capital Punishment
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2008
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Capital Punishment
Kennedy v. Louisiana
Whether a state may constitutionally impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2006
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Capital Punishment
State of Louisiana v. Langley
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2006
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Capital Punishment