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JOHNSON v. MUELBERGER.

No. 296.

340 U.S. 581 (1951)

71 S.Ct. 474

95 L.Ed. 552

JOHNSON v. MUELBERGER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 12, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Leahy argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was William J. Hughes, Jr.

Saul Hammer argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Louis Flato.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The right of a daughter to attack in New York the validity of her deceased father's Florida divorce is before us. She was his legatee. The divorce was granted in Florida after the father appeared there and contested the merits. The issue turns on the effect in New York under these circumstances of the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Federal Constitution.

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