Mills v. Habluetzel

Justice O’Connor,

with whom The Chief Justice, Justice Brennan, and Justice Blackmun join, and with whom Justice Powell joins as to Part I, concurring.

Today, this Court holds that a Texas statute prescribing a one-year statute of limitation for paternity suits violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although I agree with the Court’s analysis and result, I write separately because I fear that the opinion may be misinterpreted as approving the 4-year statute of limitation now used in Texas. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 13.01 (Supp. 1982).

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As the Court notes, the response…