Anderson v. Jacobs

On June 1, 1981, the United States Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in Little v. Streater (1981), _ U. S. _, 68 L. Ed. 2d 627. Little involved a constitutional challenge to Connecticut’s paternity procedures. The court held that “in these specific circumstances***to deny appellant [an indigent paternity defendant] blood grouping tests because of his lack of financial resources violated the due process guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Id. at page 639 (footnote omitted). The question thus arises as to whether Ohio procedures relating to blood grouping tests in paternity…