Orr v. Orr
United States Supreme Court
440 U.S. 268 (1979)
Relevant factsFree
William Orr, ordered to pay Lillian $1,240 in monthly alimony under Alabama's husbands-only alimony statute, challenged the law on equal protection grounds after Lillian sued him for nonpayment, and Alabama's lower courts upheld the statute's constitutionality.
IssueFree
Whether an alimony statute that requires husbands and not wives to pay alimony violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.