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Legal Citation: 404 U.S. 71 (1971)

Appellant
Sally Reed

Appellee
Cecil Reed

Appellant's Claim
That Sally Reed's constitutional rights were violated by Idaho's law favoring the appointment of a man over a similarly situated woman to act as administrator of an estate.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Allen R. Derr, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
Charles S. Stout, Myron E. Anderson

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
22 November 1971

Decision
That Idaho's law was "based solely on a discrimination...