Divorce, Alimony and Sex Discrimination : Orr v. Orr.

Discusses the Supreme Court decision in Orr v. 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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1979-1980.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Constitutional law. Divorce. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses the Supreme Court decision in Orr v. 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.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.