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Lehr Vs. Robertson
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- US Supreme Court
- Jun 27, 1983
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U.S. 248 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Lehr v. RobertsonSearch
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U.S. 248 (1983) Lehr v. RobertsonSearch
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relationship with his child, the New York statutes at issue did not operate to deny him equal protection. Cf. Quilloin v. WalcottSearch
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the Equal Protection Clause does not prevent a State from according the two parents different legal rights. Caban v. MohammedSearch
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Lehr, claims that the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, as interpreted in Stanley v. IllinoisSearch
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U. S. 645 (1972), and Caban v. MohammedSearch
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notice of the adoption proceeding, that the notice provisions of the statute were constitutional, and that Caban v. MohammedSearch
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of the precise nature of the private interest that is threatened by the State. See, e.g., Cafeteria Workers v. McElroySearch
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after that interest has been identified can we properly evaluate the adequacy of the State's process. See Morrissey v. BrewerSearch
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child relationship. In the vast majority of cases, state law determines the final outcome. Cf. United States v. YazellSearch
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of parents to control the education of their children that was vindicated in Meyer v. NebraskaSearch
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U. S. 390 (1923), and Pierce v. SocietySearch
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Id. at 268 U. S. 535 . The linkage between parental duty and parental right was stressed again in Prince v. MassachusettsSearch
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and duty in a recognized family unit is an interest in liberty entitled to constitutional protection. See also Moore v. CtySearch
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and children born out of wedlock. In some, we have been concerned with the rights of the children, see, e.g., Trimble v. GordonSearch
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Weber v. AetnaSearch
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U. S. 645 (1972), Quilloin v. WalcottSearch
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U. S. 246 (1978), and Caban v. MohammedSearch
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parent after divorce has some substantive due process right to maintain his or her parental relationship, cf. Smith v. OrganizationSearch
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Smith v. OrganizationSearch
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of Foster Families for Equality and Reform, 431 U. S. 816 , 431 U. S. 844 (1977) (quoting Wisconsin v. YoderSearch
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The concept of equal justice under law requires the State to govern impartially. New York City Transit Authority v. BeazerSearch
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between individuals based solely on differences that are irrelevant to a legitimate governmental objective. Reed v. ReedSearch
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Crag v. BorenSearch
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evaluating both the rights of the Page 463 U. S. 267 parent and the best interests of the child. In Quilloin v. WalcottSearch
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where the mother and father are in fact similarly situated with regard to their relationship with the child. In Caban v. MohammedSearch
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See Trimble v. GordonSearch
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A plurality of the Court noted the societal value of family bonds in Moore v. CitySearch
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may suffice to create in the unwed father parental interests comparable to those of the married father. Cf. Stanley v. IllinoisSearch
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balance of equities tips the opposite way in a case such as this. In denying the putative father relief in Quilloin v. WalcottSearch
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Cf. Roe v. NortonSearch
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harmed women could be explained only as the product of habit, rather than analysis or reflection, cf. Califano v. GoldfarbSearch
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U. S. 319 , 424 U. S. 333 (1976), quoting Armstrong v. ManzoSearch
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