deLEIRIS v. SCOTT

Civ. A. No. 85-0181-S.

642 F.Supp. 1552 (1986)

Daniel deLEIRIS and Betsy deLeiris, individually and as parents and next friends of Sarah deLeiris, a minor; Ellen Weaver-Paquette and Joseph E. Paquette, Jr., individually and as parents and next friends of Jonathan Mason Paquette, a minor; Deborah A. Mycroft and Walter J. Mycroft III, individually and as parents and next friends of Kirstin Ann Mycroft, a minor; Becky Bessette and John Bessette, individually and as parents and next friends of Evan Albert Bessette, a minor; Kathy Gardiner and Gary K. Gardiner, individually and as parents and next friends of Joshua Tex Gardiner, a minor; Susan Closter-Godoy and Carlos Godoy, individually and as parents and next friends of Elizabeth C. Godoy, a minor; and Daniel deLeiris, Betsy deLeiris, Ellen Weaver-Paquette, Joseph E. Paquette, Jr., Deborah A. Mycroft, Walter J. Mycroft III, Becky Bessette, John Bessette, Kathy Gardiner, Gary K. Gardiner, Susan Closter-Godoy, and Carlos Godoy (each individually, and all as putative representatives of a proposed class consisting of all persons obligated to furnish information relative to the birth of children in the State of Rhode Island from August 29, 1983 to June 28, 1985), Plaintiffs, v. H. Denman SCOTT, M.D., in his capacity as Director of the Department of Health of the State of Rhode Island; Edward J. Martin, in his capacity as Registrar of Vital Statistics of the State of Rhode Island; Arlene Violet, in her capacity as Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island; and the State of Rhode Island, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

September 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly & Scott, Thomas W. Kelly, Newport, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Maureen A. Hobson, Atty., R.I. Dept. of Health, Arlene Violet, Atty. Gen., Thom Martin, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R.I., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

SELYA, District Judge.

At bottom, this litigation protests what the plaintiffs view as a heavyhanded attempt by the sovereign to infringe the birthrights of newborn children in order to season an ill-considered mess of statistical pottage. The defendants demur. They see themselves as engaged in the routine collection of data for the public good, and unfairly beleaguered by the plaintiffs in the bargain. It falls to the court to outline...

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