Orr v. Orr | |
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Argued November 27, 1978 Decided March 5, 1979 | |
Full case name | William Orr v. Lillian Orr |
Citations | 440 U.S. 268 (more) 99 S. Ct. 1102; 59 L. Ed. 2d 306; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 65 |
Holding | |
The Alabama statute granting alimony only to women violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Brennan, joined by Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens |
Concurrence | Blackmun |
Concurrence | Stevens |
Dissent | Powell |
Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by Burger |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
Orr v. Orr, 440 U.S. 268 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that Alabama statutes that imposed alimony obligations on husbands but not on wives was an unconstitutional equal protection violation.[1]