Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity Hospital

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• holding that once state recognizes wrongful death recovery for child, state cannot hold that term \child\ excludes illegitimate child
• holding that once state recognizes wrongful death recovery for child, state cannot hold that term “child” excludes illegitimate child
• holding that state may not create a right of action in favor of children for the wrongful death of a parent and exclude illegitimate children from the benefit of such a right
• holding unconstitutional a state wrongful death statute which denied illegitimate children the right to recover for the wrongful death of their mother
• holding unconstitutional a state wrongful death statute which denied illegitimate children the right to recover for the wrongful death of their mother
• holding unconstitutional a statute denying an illegitimate child’s recovery for the wrongful death of its mother

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).