LOUISIANA v. U.S. DEPT. OF EDUC.

CASE NO. 3:24-CV-00563.

737 F.Supp.3d 377 (2024)

State of LOUISIANA et al. v. U.S. DEPT. OF EDUCATION et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

Signed June 13, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy L. Short, J. Benjamin Aguinaga, Pro Hac Vice, LA Atty General's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, Autumn Hamit Patterson, Pro Hac Vice, Law Office of Autumn Hamit Patterson, Plano, TX, Donald A. Daugherty Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Martha Angelique Astor, Pro Hac Vice, Paul Friedrich Zimmerman, Pro Hac Vice, Defense of Freedom Institute, Washington, DC, for State of Louisiana.

Tracy L. Short, LA Atty General's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, for LA Dept. of Education, School Board of Webster Parish, School Board of Red River Parish, School Board of Bossier Parish, School Board Sabine Parish, School Board of Grant Parish, School Board of West Carroll Parish, School Board of Caddo Parish, School Board of Natchitoches Parish, School Board of Caldwell Parish, School Board of Allen Parish, School Board LaSalle Parish, School Board Jefferson Davis Parish, School Board of Ouachita Parish, School Board of Franklin Parish, School Board of Acadia Parish, School Board of DeSoto Parish, School Board of St. Tammany Parish.

Tracy L. Short, LA Atty General's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, Justin L. Matheny, Pro Hac Vice, Scott G. Stewart, Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General of MS. Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff State of Mississippi.

Tracy L. Short, LA Atty General's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, Christian B. Corrigan, Pro Hac Vice, Peter M. Torstensen Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General of MT, Helena, MT, for Plaintiff State of Montana.

Tracy L. Short, LA Atty General's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, Alan Hurst, Pro Hac Vice, Joshua N. Turner, Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General of ID, Boise, ID, for Plaintiff State of Idaho.

Michael T. Johnson, Johnson Siebeneicher & Ingram, Pineville, LA, Tracy L. Short, LA Atty General's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff All Plaintiffs.

Michael T. Johnson, Johnson Siebeneicher & Ingram, Pineville, LA, Julie Marie Blake, Pro Hac Vice, Alliance Defending Freedom, Lansdowne, VA, Matthew S. Bowman, Pro Hac Vice, Natalie Deyo Thompson, Pro Hac Vice, Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff School Board of Rapides Parish.

Mark A. Perkins, Perkins & Assoc, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs Kara Claridge, Ella Woodall.

Janice Lorrah, Pro Hac Vice, Pacific Justice Institute, Wilmington, DE, Katherine I. Hartley, Pro Hac Vice, Pacific Justice Institute, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Mark A. Perkins, Perkins & Assoc., Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff Pacific Justice Institute.

Benjamin Thomas Takemoto, Pardis Gheibi, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Lauren E. Van Driesen, Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General of NJ, Newark, NJ, for Amici State of California, State of New Jersey, State of Pennsylvania, State of Colorado, State of Delaware, District of Columbia, State of Hawaii, State of Illinois, State of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of New York, State of Oregon, State of Rhode Island, State of Vermont, State of Washington.


MEMORANDUM RULING

I. INTRODUCTION

On April 29, 2024, the United States Department of Education issued the Final Rule, which redefined sexual discrimination in Title IX. Plaintiffs immediately filed suit in this Court followed by a request for this Court to...

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