Orr v. Orr (440 U.S. 268)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 5, 1979 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 440 U.S. 268 · 99 S. Ct. 1102
- Decided
- March 5, 1979
- Term
- October Term 1978
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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