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LALLI v. LALLI

No. 77-1115.

439 U.S. 259 (1978)

LALLI v. LALLI, ADMINISTRATRIX, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Henkin argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Morris R. Henkin.

Irwin M. Strum, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for appellee Lefkowitz. With him on the brief were Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, pro se, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Neil S. Solon and Suzanne McGrattan, Assistant Attorneys General.*

MR. JUSTICE POWELL announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE STEWART join.

This case presents a challenge to the constitutionality of § 4-1.2 of New York's Estates, Powers, and Trusts Law,1 which requires illegitimate children who would inherit from their fathers by intestate succession to provide a particular form of proof of...

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