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Legal Citation: 466 U.S. 429 (1984)

Petitioner
Linda Sidoti Palmore

Respondent
Anthony J. Sidoti

Petitioner's Claim
Depriving a parent of custody because the parent is involved with someone of another race violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Robert J. Shapiro

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
John E. Hawtrey

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
25 April 1984

Decision
Using race as a factor in awarding child custody violates the Fourteenth Amendment.