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ALMA SOC. INC. v. MELLON

No. 77 Civ. 2527(MP).

459 F.Supp. 912 (1978)

The ALMA SOCIETY INCORPORATED et al., Plaintiffs, v. Irving MELLON, Director of Vital Records, City of New York, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

November 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyril C. Means, Jr., New York City, for plaintiffs.

Charles L. Brody, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City, Beryl M. Kuder, Asst. Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, New York City, for defendant Officials.

Polier, Tulin, Clark & Neff by Stephen Wise Tulin, New York City, for defendant Louise Wise Services.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, by Wesley N. Fach, Jr., Ronald L. Ginns, New York City, for Spence-Chapin Services.

Webster & Sheffield, New York City, by David A. Hom, Donald J. Cohn, New York City, for Children's Aid Society.

Bodell & Magovern, New York City, by Gerald E. Bodell, New York City, for Jewish Child Care Association of N.Y. and New York Foundling Hospital.

Buttenwieser & Josephs, New York City, Helen L. Buttenwieser, New York City, Court-appointed Law Guardian.

DECISION

POLLACK, District Judge.

The defendants have moved to dismiss the amended complaint herein or in the alternative to abstain from decision until the statutes are interpreted by the state court. For reasons given hereafter, the suit will be dismissed.

The plaintiffs are adults who were adopted as children and now seek access to their original birth certificates, the Court records in their adoption proceedings, and the records of any private...

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