Opinion

Brown v. Brown

  • 450 U.S. 998
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 3710
  • 101 S. Ct. 1703
  • 68 L. Ed. 2d 199
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 1354
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Mar 23, 1981
Status
Published
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 50.5%

striking down Civil Code article which provided that acknowledged illegitimates could not come to intestate successions if the deceased parent was survived by legitimate descendants

How later courts described this case

  • striking down Civil Code article which provided that acknowledged illegitimates could not come to intestate successions if the deceased parent was survived by legitimate descendants

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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