Legal Opinion

Murphey v. Murphey

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided October 21, 1982No. 13374Published

1Opinion of the Court

653 P.2d 441 (1982)

103 Idaho 720

Robert William MURPHEY, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Myrna Grace MURPHEY, Defendant-Respondent.

No. 13374.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

October 21, 1982.

Leon R. Weeks (deceased), Nampa, for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard B. Eismann, Homedale, for defendant-respondent.

BISTLINE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an award of alimony and attorney's fees in a divorce proceeding. The plaintiff-appellant Robert Murphey challenges on appeal, as he did below, the constitutionality of the statute under which alimony was awarded, former I.C. § 32-706, since repealed, to wives only. He also…

Also in this document: Dissent · Shepard; Dissent · Shepard.

2Cases cited65 opinions

  1. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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