WHITLOW v. HODGES

No. 75-1519.

539 F.2d 582 (1976)

Sylvia Scott WHITLOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F. E. HODGES, Director, Division of Driver Licensing, Department of Public Safety of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Allen Sedler, Ky. Civil Liberties Union, Lexington, Ky., Priscilla Ruth MacDougall, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary Jo Arterberry, Bruce K. Davis, Gary L. Dailey, Frankfort, Ky., for defendant-appellee.

Before McCREE, LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether the Commonwealth of Kentucky may constitutionally require a married woman to make application for and receive a motor vehicle operator's license in the surname of her husband despite a showing that for all other purposes the woman has continued to use her maiden name. Plaintiff's complaint alleges that defendant's policy violates her civil rights under the due process...

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