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==Southern Trace Country Club discrimination suit==
==Southern Trace Country Club discrimination suit==
In 2003, two women challenged the existence of an all-male grill in the popular Southern Trace Country Club of Shreveport. They argued that the grill is a "public" facility under the law, and therefore subject to Louisiana statutes barring discrimination based upon sex. The club raised privacy concerns to justify its exlusionary policy. Judge Brun ruled that the all-male policy in the club's Men's Grille did not violate the state constitution because it did not constitute “arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable discrimination based on sex.”
In 2003, two women challenged the existence of an all-male grill in the popular Southern Trace Country Club of Shreveport. They argued that the grill is a "public" facility under the law, and therefore subject to Louisiana statutes barring discrimination based upon sex. The club raised privacy concerns to justify its exlusionary policy. Judge Brun ruled that the all-male policy in the club's Men's Grille did not violate the state constitution because it did not constitute “arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable discrimination based on sex.” This decision was later appealed and reversed by the Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on the grounds that economic factors and male preference are not an appropriate objective by which to justify discrimination.<ref>http://caselaw.findlaw.com/la-court-of-appeal/1475683.html</ref>
This decision was later appealed and reversed by the Louisiana 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on the grounds that economic factors and male preference are not an appropriate objective by which to justify discrimination.<ref>http://caselaw.findlaw.com/la-court-of-appeal/1475683.html</ref>
==Judge Brun rules in favor of Shreveport police==
==Judge Brun rules in favor of Shreveport police==
Brun ruled in a 1999 case which cleared a Shreveport police officer, Kevin Strickland, who had been charged with wrongful homicide and negligence in the shooting death of then 28-year-old [[African-American]] suspect. Reginald Davis. Brun found no negligence on the part of the police department or officer Strickland, who had testified that a gun was found on Davis and that Davis attempted to use the weapon to shoot Strickland.
Brun ruled in a 1999 case which cleared a Shreveport police officer, Kevin Strickland, who had been charged with wrongful homicide and negligence in the shooting death of then 28-year-old [[African-American]] suspect. Reginald Davis. Brun found no negligence on the part of the police department or officer Strickland, who had testified that a gun was found on Davis and that Davis attempted to use the weapon to shoot Strickland.