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THOMAS v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

No. 5390.

278 So.2d 915 (1973)

Ronald Wayne THOMAS, Individually and as the Administrator of his minor children, 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.

June 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. McGovern, IV, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellees.

James P. Screen, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Blake Arata, City Atty., Robert Belknap, Asst. City Atty., for defendant-appellee.

Before STOULIG, SCHOTT and BAILES, JJ.

BAILES, Judge.

The relator by this proceeding, seeks a writ of mandamus against the Louisiana State Board of Health and City of New Orleans, Health Department, Bureau of Vital Records, to compel the two named respondents to change the race designation from Negro to white on the birth certificates of his wife, Mrs. Norma Gravolet Thomas, and his two children, Kelly Ann Thomas and Kerry Mickal Thomas. The writ did issue and...

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