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MASSEY v. PARKER

No. 9347.

362 So.2d 1195 (1978)

David H. MASSEY v. Wayne P. PARKER, Registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the City of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted October 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Cooper, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

H. M. Westholz, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, Robert E. Winn, New Orleans, amicus curiae.

Before SAMUEL, SCHOTT and GARRISON, JJ.

SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiff, who was adopted in the City of New Orleans on or about May 6, 1947, filed a mandamus proceeding against the defendant, the Registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the City of New Orleans, to compel the production of plaintiff's certificate of live birth. The petition sets forth his desire to determine whether he had inheritance rights from his natural parents as the reason for seeking production of that birth certificate.

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