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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 95-CA-2189

JODY W. MANUEL, STACEY P. FORET, BURKE G. PIERROTTI and WENDELL J. MANUEL versus STATE OF LOUISIANA; HONORABLE EDWIN W. EDWARDS, GOVERNOR; RICHARD P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL; J. WILLIAM PUCHEU, DISTRICT ATTORNEY; and TERRY PITRE, COMMISSIONER, LOUISIANA OFFICE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TAXATION

ON DIRECT APPEAL FROM THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EVANGELINE, STATE OF LOUISIANA

KIMBALL, J.*
THE ISSUE La. R.S. 14:93.10 through La. R.S. 14:93.14, La. R.S. 26:90, and La. R.S. 26:286, all relative to prohibiting and providing sanctions for the purchase by, sale to, or purchase on behalf of, alcoholic beverages by persons under twenty-one years old were declared unconstitutional by a trial court under Art. I, Sec. 3 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. Pursuant to Art. V, Sec. 5(D) and La. R.S. 13:4431, the defendants brought this direct appeal to this court. After thoroughly reviewing the record evidence in this case, we affirm the trial court's declaration that the challenged statutes unconstitutionally discriminate on the basis of age, in violation of Art. I, Sec. 3 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY On August 15, 1995, plaintiffs Jody W. Manuel and Stacey P. Foret, citizens of Louisiana

Judge Burrell Carter, Jr., First Circuit Court of Appeal, sitting by assignment to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Justice James L. Dennis. Watson, J. not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2,

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