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Suspect Class

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Suspect class, means a class of individuals marked by immutable characteristics (as of race or national origin) and entitled to equal protection of the law by means of judicial scrutiny of a classification that discriminates against or otherwise burdens or affect them called also protected class, Doe v. Poritz, 622 A 2d 367 (1995).

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