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THOMAS v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

No. 5390.

271 So.2d 81 (1972)

Ronald Wayne THOMAS, Individually and as the Administrator of his minor children, et al. v. The LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, Through its President Dr. Andrew Hedmeg, and the City of New Orleans, Health Department, Bureau of Vital Records, Through its President, Dr. Doris Thompson.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. McGovern, IV, New Orleans, for relators.

James P. Screen, New Orleans, for Louisiana State Board of Health, respondent.

Blake Arata, City Atty., and Robert Belknap, Asst. City Atty., for City of New Orleans, Health Department, Bureau of Vital Records, respondent.

Before SAMUEL, CHASEZ and STOULIG, JJ.

SAMUEL, Judge.

In this matter relator, individually and on behalf of his minor children and his wife, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to have the court order the respondents to issue certain new birth certificates removing the race designation of Negro thereon (allegedly changed from white to Negro by the registrar) and changing the same to white. The petition further seeks to have LSA-R.S. 42:267, as amended, determined to be unconstitutional. The...

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