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STRAHAN v. STRAHAN

Civ. A. No. 14120.

304 F.Supp. 40 (1969)

Lyle E. STRAHAN v. William L. STRAHAN and Martha H. Strahan.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

September 22, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stanley Wagner, Robert G. Hebert, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Berry & Lee, Winnsboro, La., A. Leon Hebert, and David Donnell Moss, Hebert, Moss & Graphia, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants.

OPINION ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

The issue in this diversity case 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...

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