Legal Opinion
Parham v. Hughes
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 24, 1979No. 78-3PublishedCited by 278 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Stewaet, joined by The Chief Justice, Justice Rehnquist, and Justice Stevens
Under § 105-1307 of the Georgia Code (1978) (hereinafter Georgia statute),1 the mother of an illegitimate child can *349sue for the wrongful death of that child. A father who has legitimated a child can also sue for the.wrongful death of the child if there is no mother. A father who has not legitimated a child, however, is precluded from maintaining a wrongful-death action. The question presented in this case is whether this statutory scheme violates the Equal Protection or Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by denying the father of an illegitimate child who has not legitimated the…
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3Cited by278 opinions
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