At a Glance
Date Filed:
November 9, 2021
Current Status
On Novemeber 9, 2021, the Descendants Project and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit against St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
Counsel:
- Pam Spees
Co-Counsel
Bill Quigley
Client(s)
Jo Banner, Joy Banner
November 9, 2021
Case Description
On November 9, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Descendants Project, an organization founded to advocate for descendants of people once enslaved in Louisiana’s river parishes, filed a writ of mandamus to declare a decades-old rezoning ordinance null and void and order St. John the Baptist Parish to remove it from all of its maps and records.