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Legal Citation: 392 U.S. 309 (1968)

Petitioner
Robert K King, Commissioner, Department of Pensions and Security, et al.

Respondent
Mrs. Sylvester Smith, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That Alabama's regulation denying Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) payments to children based on the presence of a "substitute father" did not violate the Social Security Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Mary Lee Strapp

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Martin Garbus

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren (writing for the Court), Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

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