Kahn v. Shevin

Kahn v. Shevin
Kahn v. Shevin
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 24, 1974
Full case name	Kahn v. Shevin
Citations	416U.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 aUnited States Supreme Courtcase in which the Court held that granting widows a bonus property tax exemption not available to widowers does not violate theEqual Protection Clausebecause it has a "fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation."^[1]After holding a gender distinction that benefited men void inReed v. Reed(1971), the Court was presented with cases likeKahnthat dealt with gender distinctions that benefited women. The court inKahnsplintered over the question, but later held unanimously inWeinberger v. Wiesenfeld(1975) that a similar provision did violate the Equal Protection Clause.^[2]

References

^Kahn v. Shevin,416 U.S.351(1974)
^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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[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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