St. Joseph Abbey's lawyers not worried by challenge to victory in casket lawsuit

The Times-Picayune
New Orleans LA
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Louisiana’s funeral industry isn’t ready to give up the fight to preserve its exclusive right to sell caskets.

Late Monday, its lawyers appealed the ruling of a federal judge in New Orleans who on July 21 deemed unconstitutional the law that for decades restricted coffin sales to those who had paid the expensive fees and met the stringent requirements needed for a Louisiana Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors license.

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