HELMS v. PICARD

Lee Boothby, Boothby Yingst, Washington, DC, for Mary and Amy Helms and Marie Schneider. Patricia Ann Dean, Andrew Tanner Karron, Arnold Porter, Washington, DC, William Thomas D'Zurilla, Gordon, Arata, McCollam Duplantis, New Orleans, LA, for Guy and Jan Mitchell, Claire Friedrichs, Eddie and Collen Greer and Dennis and Darlene Thornton. Howard S. Scher, Drake Stephen Cutini, Matthew Miles Collette, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Richard Riley and U.S. Dept. of Educ. Jack A Grant, Andree Hunter Greenleaf, Grant Barrow, Gretna, LA, for Lagasse, Rolling, Moran, Wolfe, Bordelon, Guidry, Floyd, Thomas, Katsanis, Marino and Jefferson Parish Sch. Bd. System. David Glen Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen., Division of Litigation, Baton Rouge, LA, for Picard, Duncan and Louisiana State Bd. of Elementary and secondary Educ. Marshall Beil, Catherine A. Rogers, Ross Hardies, New York City, for National Committee for Public Educ. and Religious Liberty, Amicus Curiae. Marjorie Ruth Esman, New Orleans, LA, Kenneth M. Dreifach, Morrision Foerster, New York City, for The American Civil Liberties Union and Anti-Defamation League Amicus Curiae. Thomas A. Rayer, Sr., Denechaud Denechaud, New Orleans, LA, for Special Educ. Services Corp.