Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Plaia v. Louisiana State Board of Health
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 10, 1974No. 54269PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
296 So.2d 809 (1974)
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Frank PLAIA
v.
LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
No. 54269.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 10, 1974.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul J. Ferlita, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant-appellant.
James P. Screen, New Orleans, for La. Bd. of Health, defendant-appellee.
Harry A. Burglass, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellant.
DIXON, Justice.
In litigation commenced in June of 1971, the Louisiana Board of Health was ordered to issue a birth certificate to Elizabeth Maria Plaia designating her race as "white." State…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- McLaughlin v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Sunseri v. CassagneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- State Ex Rel. Schlumbrecht v. Louisiana St. Bd. of H.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Doe v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN RES.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985