DOE v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN RES.

No. CA-1120.

479 So.2d 369 (1985)

Jane DOE v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, OFFICE OF VITAL STATISTICS and Registrar of Vital Statistics.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

On Rehearing December 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Begue, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants, Jane Doe, et al.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Lois C. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, The State of Louisiana.

H.M. Westholz, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Kenneth W. Freelain, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae.

Before BYRNES, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

This appeal is brought by several members of the Guillory family, children and grandchildren of Simea Fretty and Dominique Guillory, both deceased. Six of the appellants, Marie Bernice Guillory Rougeau, Armet Guillory Fontenot, Lucy Elizabeth Guillory Parker, Suzy Elizabeth Rita Guillory Phipps, Regina Rougeau, and Tex Adam Rougeau, contend that their birth certificates, issued between the years 1919 and 1941, erroneously designate their parents as "colored...

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