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HEATHER v. DELTA DRILLING COMPANY

No. 4459.

533 P.2d 1211 (1975)

HEATHER, Dependent child of Bryan, Deceased, Appellant (Claimant below), v. DELTA DRILLING COMPANY, Appellee (Respondent below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Painter, Casper, for appellant.

James W. Owens of Murane, Bostwick, McDaniel, Scott, Greenlee & Owens, Casper, for appellee.

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., RAPER and THOMAS, JJ.

RAPER, Justice.

"The status of illegitimacy has expressed through the ages society's condemnation of irresponsible liaisons beyond the bonds of marriage. But visiting this condemnation on the head of an infant is illogical and unjust." Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, 1972, 406 U.S. 164, 175, 92 S.Ct. 1400, 1406, 31 L.Ed.2d 768. Thus, we must reopen and reexamine the judicial...

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