Legal Opinion
Frontiero v. Richardson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 14, 1973No. 71-1694PublishedCited by 1,460 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question before us concerns the right of a female member of the uniformed services1 to claim her spouse as a “dependent” for the purposes of obtaining increased quarters allowances and medical and dental benefits under 37 U. S. C. §§ 401, 403, and 10 U. S. C. §§ 1072, 1076, on an equal footing with male members. Under these statutes, a serviceman may claim his wife as a “dependent” without regard to whether she is in fact dependent upon him for any part of her support. 37 U. S. C. § 401 (1); 10 U. S. C. § 1072 (2) (A). A servicewoman, on the other hand, may not claim her husband as a…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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