Manuel v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “Article I, Section 3 commands the courts to decline enforcement of a legislative classification of individuals in three different situations: (1) When the law classifies individuals by race or religious beliefs, it shall be repudiated completely; (2) When the statute classifies persons on the basis of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political ideas or affiliations, its enforcement shall be refused unless the state or other advocate of the classification shows that the classification has a reasonable basis; (3) When the law classifies individuals on any other basis, it shall be rejected whenever a member of a disadvantaged class shows that it does not suitably further any appropriate state interest.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 865 So. 2d 158 - Messina v. St. Charles Parish Council · 684 So. 2d 359 - MED EXP. v. Evangeline Parish Police Jury

2. “These statistics compared the specific group disadvantaged by the discrimination with the general group of licensed drivers and established, among other things, that the disadvantaged group was involved in twice as many accidents per capita as the general group and that Louisiana ranked above forty-six other states in the percentage of alcohol-related fatalities involving drivers under twenty-one.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Progressive SEC. Ins. Co. v. Foster