Court Strikes Down Casket Licensing Regulations in Louisiana
A federal appeals court says Benedictine monks may keep selling caskets from their monastery in Louisiana.
The three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling in favor of St. Joseph Abbey and against the state board of funeral directors' rule that only state-licensed funeral directors can legally sell caskets in Louisiana.
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