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MOORE v. SIMS

No. 78-6.

442 U.S. 415 (1979)

99 S.Ct. 2371

60 L.Ed.2d 994

MOORE ET AL. v. SIMS ET UX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Young, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were John L. Hill, Attorney General, David M. Kendall, First Assistant Attorney General, and Steve Bickerstaff, Kathryn A. Reed, and Ann Clarke Snell, Assistant Attorneys General.

Windell E. Cooper Porter argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Robert L. Byrd and Martin J. Grimm.*

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Title 2 of the Texas Family Code was enacted in 1973 and first went into effect on January 1, 1974. It was amended substantially in the following year. The Title defines the contours of the parent-child relationship and the permissible areas and modes of state intervention. This suit presents the first broad constitutional challenge to interrelated parts of that statutory scheme. It raises novel constitutional...

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