It gets worse! They tape the lids to the cup and as long as you don’t put the straw in the cup it’s not an open container.

Also, the state legislature ruled that roosters were not animals to circumvent cock fighting laws.

There’s a web of similar Napoleonic Code caused loopholes in Louisiana law

> as long as you don’t put the straw in the cup it’s not an open container.

Some years ago when I was living in Louisiana, the straw could be inserted but the paper has to stay on the exposed end.

Coconuts are exempt from injury liability