Legal Opinion

Succession of Brown

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 3, 1980No. 67211PublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

388 So.2d 1151 (1980)

Succession of Sidney BROWN, Jr.

No. 67211.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 3, 1980.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1980.

S. P. Davis, Davis Law Office and Legal Clinic, Inc., Shreveport, for defendant-applicant.

John M. Madison, Jr., James R. Madison, Wiener, Weiss, Madison & Howell, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-respondents.

Jonathan C. Harris, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Sidney Brown, Jr. died intestate on January 1, 1978 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He is survived by four acknowledged illegitimate children, respondents, and one adopted child, relator. Relator…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Orr v. OrrSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by69 opinions

  1. Sibley v. Bd. of Sup'rs of Louisiana State UniversitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
  2. Succession of ClivensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  3. Sudwischer v. Estate of HuffpauirSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
  4. Smith v. ColeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
  5. Hulin v. Fibreboard Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999

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