Messina v. Ciaccio’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sunseri v. Cassagne · State v. Treadaway · 275 So. 2d 201 - May v. Jackson Brewing Co. · 231 So. 2d 730 - State Ex Rel. Schlumbrecht v. Louisiana St. Bd. of H. · 278 So. 2d 915 - Thomas v. Louisiana State Board of Health
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“"The Act does not purport to provide the Registrar with any guide as to his mode of computation or as to the meaning of words in the Act and may be considered quite vague in this regard. The Registrar's problem is, therefore, two-fold. First of all, he must undertake to produce a mathematical result by using an equation consisting of many unknown, namely, the terms used on old documents in his possession classifying the ancestors of the child as "colored," "mulatto," "French," "mixed race," "brown," which terms are uncertain insofar as they call for any specific fractions of Negro blood in the individuals so designated. The other part of the Registrar's problem is that as he tries to prove what each of these various terms means in terms of percentage of Negro blood he is operating within the stringent framework of the Schlumbrecht burden of proof."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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