Legal Opinion
Palmore v. Sidoti
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 25, 1984No. 82-1734PublishedCited by 432 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to review a judgment of a state court divesting a natural mother of the custody of her infant child because of her remarriage to a person of a different race.
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When petitioner Linda Sidoti Palmore and respondent Anthony J. Sidoti, both Caucasians, were divorced in May 1980 in Florida, the mother was awarded custody of their 3-year-old daughter.
In September 1981 the father sought custody of the child by filing a petition to modify the prior judgment because of changed conditions. The change was that the child’s mother was then cohabiting with a Negro, Clarence Palmore,…
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