FOR IMMEDIATE
NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
# 018
FROM: CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
On the 11th
day of March, 1998 , the following action
was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the
case(s) listed below:
BY
CALOGERO, C.J. :
97-KA-
2783 IN RE: C.B., R.B., T.C., R.C., S.C., ET AL
(Parish of
East Baton Rouge)
For the foregoing
reasons, LSA-RS 15:902.1 as applied by Regulation
B-02-008 is declared unconstitutional as it violates
the due process clause of our state constitution.
In so far as it is consistent with our holding, the
juvenile court's judgment is therefore affirmed but
for the reasons stated in this opinion. JUVENILE COURT
JUDGMENT IN SO FAR AS IT DECLARES LSA-RS 15:902.1
AND REGULATION B-02-008 UNCONSTITUTIONAL AFFIRMED.
TRAYLOR, J.
- not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.
MARCUS,
J. - concurs and assigns reasons.
