Legal Opinion
Strahan v. Strahan
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided September 22, 1969No. Civ. A. 14120PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
The issue in this diversity ease is whether the laws of Louisiana violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by denying the right of inheritance to an illegitimate child of a decedent, as against his legitimate heirs. Defendants moved for summary judgment.
Plaintiff, the alleged illegitimate son of the intestate whose property is the object of this suit, asserts that the rationale of Levy v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 68, 88 S.Ct. 1509, 20…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Beaver CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by9 opinions
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