It’s Time to Lay This Case to Rest

By Sarah Harbison

07/26/2013

To put it simply, offering families a less inexpensive burial option allowed grieving families to make an economical and dignified choice in a time of need and great stress.

TAGS: Caskets, Institute for Justice, Monks, St. Joseph Abbey

U.S. District Court Rules in Favor of Louisiana Monks’ Unlicensed Casket Sales

By Fergus Hodgson

04/12/2011

The monks of St. Joseph Abbey have just won a victory in their case against economic protectionism from the state. They have been unable to produce simple caskets, facing fines, but the Institute for Justice has taken their defense in what is set to be a landmark case.

TAGS: Caskets, Institute for Justice, Louisiana, Monks, St. Joseph Abbey

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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