Split Louisiana Appeals Panel Reverses Class Certification In Public Defense Suit

(March 15, 2021, 1:41 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana trial court erred in certifying a class of indigents who sued alleging that the state’s public defense system has failed to provide them with effective counsel, a divided Louisiana appellate panel ruled March 12, finding that a recent Louisiana Supreme Court ruling bars classwide resolution where constitutionally deficient representation is being alleged....

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