Divorce, Alimony and Sex Discrimination Orr v. Orr

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Divorce.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1979-1980

Summary:

Discusses the Supreme Court decision in Orr volume Orr, which ruled that Alabama laws requiring only husbands to pay alimony violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by virtue of an absolute reliance on a gender-based classification

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Divorce, Alimony and Sex Discrimination: Orr v. Orr

Publisher Number:

CRS-1979-AML-0030

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