Reed v. Reed, 404 U.S. 71 (1971)

Name: Reed v. Reed, 404 U.S. 71 (1971) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Reed v. Reed

No. 70-4

Argued October 19, 1971
Decided November 22, 1971
404 U.S. 71

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF IDAHO

Syllabus

A mandatory provision of the Idaho probate code that gives preference to men over women when persons of the same entitlement class apply for appointment as administrator of a decedent’ estate is based solely on a discrimination prohibited by and therefore violative of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

93 Idaho 511, 465 P.2d 635, reversed and remanded.

BURGER, C.J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

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