Kenneth A. Plante v. Larry Gonzalez, Etc., Jon C. Thomas v. Larry Gonzalez, Etc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1978-06-30

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WISDOM, Circuit Judge: “[W]ith the decline of religion the law has moved to take over the preventive as well as the punishing function. A man must not only avoid the act that the crowd considers criminal; he must avoid the opportunity, or even the appearance of the opportunity to commit such an act. Without a conscience it is onl…

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