Mills v. Habluetzel

456 U.S. 91 (1982)

MILLS

v.

HABLUETZEL

No. 80-6298.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued January 12, 1982.

Decided April 5, 1982.

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF TEXAS, THIRTEENTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

Michael E. Mankins argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Lola L. Bonner argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief was John H. Flinn.

This Court has held that once a State posits a judicially enforceable right of children to support from their natural fathers, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the State from denying that same right to…