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Legal Opinion · Dissent

Golden v. Westark Community College

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided July 2, 1997No. CA 96-1338Published

1DissentJohn B. Robbins, Chief Judge

Equal protection of the laws is something more than an abstract right. It is a command which the State must respect, the benefits of which every person may demand. Not the least merit of our constitutional system is that its safeguards extend to all — the least deserving as well as the most virtuous.

Hill v. Texas, 316 U.S. 400, 406 (1942). Mr. Bill Golden will have good cause to wonder just why he and other Arkansas workers who choose to continue working after attaining age sixty-five somehow fall outside our constitutional safeguards as were so elo-quendy stated by Justice Harlan Stone.

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Hill v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. Misskelley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996

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