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Lehr Vs. Robertson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 27, 1983

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  18. U.S. 248 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Lehr v. Robertson
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  19. U.S. 248 (1983) Lehr v. Robertson
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  20. relationship with his child, the New York statutes at issue did not operate to deny him equal protection. Cf. Quilloin v. Walcott
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  21. the Equal Protection Clause does not prevent a State from according the two parents different legal rights. Caban v. Mohammed
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  22. Lehr, claims that the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, as interpreted in Stanley v. Illinois
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  23. U. S. 645 (1972), and Caban v. Mohammed
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  24. notice of the adoption proceeding, that the notice provisions of the statute were constitutional, and that Caban v. Mohammed
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  25. of the precise nature of the private interest that is threatened by the State. See, e.g., Cafeteria Workers v. McElroy
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  26. after that interest has been identified can we properly evaluate the adequacy of the State's process. See Morrissey v. Brewer
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  27. child relationship. In the vast majority of cases, state law determines the final outcome. Cf. United States v. Yazell
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  28. of parents to control the education of their children that was vindicated in Meyer v. Nebraska
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  29. U. S. 390 (1923), and Pierce v. Society
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  30. Id. at 268 U. S. 535 . The linkage between parental duty and parental right was stressed again in Prince v. Massachusetts
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  31. and duty in a recognized family unit is an interest in liberty entitled to constitutional protection. See also Moore v. Cty
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  32. and children born out of wedlock. In some, we have been concerned with the rights of the children, see, e.g., Trimble v. Gordon
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  33. Weber v. Aetna
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  34. U. S. 645 (1972), Quilloin v. Walcott
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  35. U. S. 246 (1978), and Caban v. Mohammed
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  36. parent after divorce has some substantive due process right to maintain his or her parental relationship, cf. Smith v. Organization
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  37. Smith v. Organization
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  38. of Foster Families for Equality and Reform, 431 U. S. 816 , 431 U. S. 844 (1977) (quoting Wisconsin v. Yoder
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  39. The concept of equal justice under law requires the State to govern impartially. New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer
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  40. between individuals based solely on differences that are irrelevant to a legitimate governmental objective. Reed v. Reed
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  41. Crag v. Boren
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  42. evaluating both the rights of the Page 463 U. S. 267 parent and the best interests of the child. In Quilloin v. Walcott
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  43. where the mother and father are in fact similarly situated with regard to their relationship with the child. In Caban v. Mohammed
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  44. See Trimble v. Gordon
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  45. A plurality of the Court noted the societal value of family bonds in Moore v. City
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  46. may suffice to create in the unwed father parental interests comparable to those of the married father. Cf. Stanley v. Illinois
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  47. balance of equities tips the opposite way in a case such as this. In denying the putative father relief in Quilloin v. Walcott
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  48. Cf. Roe v. Norton
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  49. harmed women could be explained only as the product of habit, rather than analysis or reflection, cf. Califano v. Goldfarb
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  50. U. S. 319 , 424 U. S. 333 (1976), quoting Armstrong v. Manzo
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