Clark v. Jeter
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Clark v. Jeter | |
Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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Citation | |
Date decided | June 6, 1988 |
Appealed from | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
Facts
In the 1980s, Pennsylvania had a 6-year statute of limitations for paternity action brought on behalf of illegitimate children.
Clark is the mother of Jeter's daughters; paternity testing established that Jeter was the father of Clark's daughter with a 99% certainty.Procedural History
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal from Clark.
Issues
How should intermediate scrutiny be applied to the rights of illegitimate children under the Equal Protection clause?
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