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Louisiana’s casket-making monks declare victory with appeals court ruling
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans sided with a Louisiana monastery in the monks’ legal battle with the state to sell their handcrafted cypress caskets.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit said this week that it was skeptical of the motivation behind efforts by the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors to shut down sales of the caskets.
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