Stanton v. Stanton

Stanton v. Stanton
Argued February 19, 1975
Decided April 15, 1975
Full case nameStanton v. Stanton
Citations421 U.S. 7 (more)
95 S. Ct. 1373; 43 L. Ed. 2d 688
Case history
PriorAppeal from the Supreme Court of Utah
Holding
Utah's definition of adulthood was a violation of equal protection. Utah Supreme Court reversed and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityBlackmun, joined by Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Powell
DissentRehnquist
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Stanton v. Stanton, 421 U.S. 7 (1975), is a United States Supreme Court case which struck down Utah's definitions of adulthood as a violation of equal protection: females reached adulthood at 18; males at 21.[1]: 217–218 

  1. ^ Greenhouse, Linda (2005). Becoming Justice Blackmun. New York: Times Books. ISBN 978-0-8050-8057-5.