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JORDAN v. DELTA DRILLING COMPANY

No. 4498.

541 P.2d 39 (1975)

Linda JORDAN, Personal Representative and Administratrix of the Estate of Bryan, Deceased, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. DELTA DRILLING COMPANY, a corporation, et al., Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayne W. Miller, Casper, for appellant.

R.R. Bostwick and James W. Owens, Murane, Bostwick, McDaniel, Scott, Greenlee & Owens, Casper, for appellees, Delta Drilling Co., Claude Womack and Arthur H. Cadwallader.

Richard E. Day, Wehrli & Williams, Casper, for appellee, Cameron Ironworks, Inc.

Before McCLINTOCK, RAPER and ROSE, JJ.

RAPER, Justice.

In Heather v. Delta Drilling Co., Wyo. 1975, 533 P.2d 1211, we held that precluding illegitimate children from receiving benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act in its then form was a discriminatory classification which was justified by no legitimate state interest and violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The appeal before us involves...

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