Troxel v. Granville: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
wording |
the plaintiffs in this case were grandparents |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
|LawsApplied= |
|LawsApplied= |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''''Troxel v. Granville''''', [[Case citation|530 U.S. 57]] ([[2000]])<ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=530&page=57 530 U.S. 57] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.</ref>, was a case in which the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], citing a constitutional right of parents to rear their children, struck down a Washington state law that allowed |
'''''Troxel v. Granville''''', [[Case citation|530 U.S. 57]] ([[2000]])<ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=530&page=57 530 U.S. 57] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.</ref>, was a case in which the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], citing a constitutional right of parents to rear their children, struck down a Washington state law that allowed grandparents to petition state courts for child visitation rights over parental objections. |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 12:55, 24 October 2006
| Troxel v. Granville | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Argued January 12, 2000 Decided June 5, 2000 | |
| Full case name | Troxel et vir. v. Granville |
| Citations | 530 U.S. 57 (more) |
| Holding | |
| A law that allows anyone to petition a court for child visitation rights over parental objections unconstitutionally infringes on parents' fundamental right to rear their children. | |
| Court membership | |
| |
| Case opinions | |
| Plurality | O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Concurrence | Souter |
| Concurrence | Thomas |
| Dissent | Stevens |
| Dissent | Scalia |
| Dissent | Kennedy |
Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States, citing a constitutional right of parents to rear their children, struck down a Washington state law that allowed grandparents to petition state courts for child visitation rights over parental objections.
References
- ^ 530 U.S. 57 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
 | This article related to the Supreme Court of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |