| Reed v. Reed | |
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| Argued October 19, 1971 Decided November 22, 1971 | |
| Full case name | Sally M. Reed, Appellant, v. Cecil R. Reed, Administrator, etc. |
| Citations | 404 U.S. 71 (more) 92 S. Ct. 251; 30 L. Ed. 2d 225 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 93 Idaho 511, 465 P.2d 635 (1970); probable jurisdiction noted, 401 U.S. 934 (1971). |
| Subsequent | On remand, 94 Idaho 542, 493 P.2d 701 (1972). |
| Holding | |
| Administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Burger, joined by unanimous |
Reed v. Reed, 404 U.S. 71 (1971), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States holding that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. In Reed v. Reed the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited differential treatment based on sex.