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Kahn v. Shevin

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Kahn v. Shevin
Decided April 24, 1974
Full case nameKahn v. Shevin
Citations416 U.S. 351 (more)
Holding
Granting widows a bonus property tax exemption not available to widowers does not violate the Equal Protection Clause because it has a "fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation."
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist

Kahn v. Shevin, 416 U.S. 351 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that granting widows a bonus property tax exemption not available to widowers does not violate the Equal Protection Clause because it has a "fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation."[1] After holding a gender distinction that benefited men void in Reed v. Reed (1971), the Court was presented with cases like Kahn that dealt with gender distinctions that benefited women. The court in Kahn splintered over the question, but later held unanimously in Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld (1975) that a similar provision did violate the Equal Protection Clause.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kahn v. Shevin, 416 U.S. 351 (1974)
  2. ^ McDonald, G. Roger (1999). "Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld". In Hall, Kermit L. (ed.). The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions. p. 328.
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