Legal Opinion
Free v. Bland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 1962No. 205PublishedCited by 489 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
We are called upon to determine whether the Treasury-Regulations creating a right of survivorship in United States Savings Bonds pre-empt any inconsistent Texas community property law by virtue of the Supremacy Clause, Article VI, Clause 2, of the Constitution.
The petitioner is the widower of Mrs. Mary Ida Free, and the respondent is her son by a previous marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Free were domiciled in Texas. That State follows the community property system; except in certain instances not here material, all property acquired by either spouse during marriage belongs to the community of the…
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