LITTLE v. STREATER

No. 79-6779.

452 U.S. 1 (1981)

LITTLE v. STREATER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon C. Blue, by appointment of the Court, 449 U.S. 948, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Stephen J. McGovern, Assistant Attorney General of Connecticut, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Carl R. Ajello, Attorney General.*


CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents the question whether a Connecticut statute, which provides that in paternity actions the cost of blood grouping tests is to be borne by the party requesting them, violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment when applied to deny such tests to indigent defendants.

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On May 21, 1975, appellee Gloria...

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