Compos v. McKeithen

CASSIBRY, District Judge.

This Three-Judge District Court was convened to consider the validity of Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 9, Section 422, which precludes interracial adoption in Louisiana. The pertinent part of that statute provides:

“A single person over the age of twenty-one years, or a married couple jointly, may petition to adopt any child of his or their race. * * * ” (LSA-R.S. 9:422) 1

In this class action the plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief on the basis of the statute’s repugnance to the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Court has…