Oklahoma Gender Discrimination
Earlier before Craig v. Boren, Oklahoma had a case, Reed v Reed, in 1971, the United States Supreme Court invalidated a law that required
the selection of a man over a woman to serve as administrator of an estate when both were equally qualified. This case marked the first time in history that the Court applied the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to a law that discriminated against women.
Oklahoma Code Section 15-312 listed the classes of persons who will become administrator when the original administrator of the estate dies in order of preference, they were;
1. Surviving spouse
2. Children
3. The father or mother
4. The brothers
5. The sisters
6. The grandchildren.
Oklahoma Code Section 15-314 stated that if there were several persons equally entitled in section 15-312 to administer the estate, such as two persons in category 3 (the father or the mother), then "males must be preferred to females, and relatives of the whole to those of the half blood." Also it was put that brothers are before sisters in the list.
the selection of a man over a woman to serve as administrator of an estate when both were equally qualified. This case marked the first time in history that the Court applied the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to a law that discriminated against women.
Oklahoma Code Section 15-312 listed the classes of persons who will become administrator when the original administrator of the estate dies in order of preference, they were;
1. Surviving spouse
2. Children
3. The father or mother
4. The brothers
5. The sisters
6. The grandchildren.
Oklahoma Code Section 15-314 stated that if there were several persons equally entitled in section 15-312 to administer the estate, such as two persons in category 3 (the father or the mother), then "males must be preferred to females, and relatives of the whole to those of the half blood." Also it was put that brothers are before sisters in the list.
Craig v. Boren case violated the 14th amendment which stated that all American-Born citizens are equal and share the same rights. Throughout many cases in Oklahoma around this time many were sex discrimination. The cases were normally based around the same idea just with a couple different specifics.