State ex rel. Cousin v. Louisiana State Board of Health ex rel. Rein

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

After granting a writ of certiorari on the application of the relator, Taylor Cousin, Jr., in order to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit,1 reversing the judgment of the trial court in favor of the relator, granting him a writ of mandamus ordering the respondent, the Louisiana State Board of Health, to issue to him a delayed birth certificate and also a corrected birth certificate to his sister Beatrice Cousin Bonnecarre, as prayed for, the re-> spondent filed a motion to dismiss2 these proceedings on the ground that the matter had become moot as…