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COMPOS v. McKEITHEN

Civ. A. No. 71-691.

341 F.Supp. 264 (1972)

Guillermo COMPOS et al., Plaintiffs, v. John J. McKEITHEN, Governor of Louisiana, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

March 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra Ann Millenson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

John E. Jackson, Jr., William P. Curry, Jr., New Orleans, La., for State defendants.

Max M. Schaumburger, Dudley Yoedicke, New Orleans, La., for Methodist Home Hospital, Inc.

Philip E. James, New Orleans, La., for Rt. Rev. Iveson B. Noland.

Wilson F. Shoughrue, Jr., New Orleans, La., for E. Bostwick and Episcopal Community Service.

Before WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and MITCHELL and CASSIBRY, District Judges.

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

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