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WENGLER v. DRUGGISTS MUTUAL INS. CO.

No. 79-381.

446 U.S. 142 (1980)

100 S.Ct. 1540

64 L.Ed.2d 107

WENGLER v. DRUGGISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Reid II argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Ralph C. Kleinschmidt argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Gerre S. Langton.*

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case challenges under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment a provision of the Missouri workers' compensation laws, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.240 (Supp. 1979), which is claimed to involve an invalid gender-based discrimination.

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The facts are not in dispute. On February 11, 1977, Ruth Wengler, wife of appellant Paul J. Wengler, died in a work-related accident in the parking...

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