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REED v. CAMPBELL

No. 85-755.

476 U.S. 852 (1986)

REED v. CAMPBELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF RICKER

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Stephen McNally argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

Paul McCollum argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Kathleen M. McCulloch and Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr.

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Prince Ricker, appellant's father, died intestate on December 22, 1976. At that time, § 38 of the Texas Probate Code provided that a decedent's estate should descend to "his children and their descendants,"1 but § 42 prohibited an illegitimate child from inheriting from her father unless her parents had subsequently married.

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