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AnswerIt is difficult to miss the significance of the ruling in Reed v Reed (1971) where the Idaho Probate Court rendered a ruling that violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The fight was waged over blatant discrimination under a state law that violated the Constitution. The matter was pursued on principal regardless of the value of the estate. The Idaho law needed to be challenged and extinguished.

Sally and Cecil Reed were separated and each sought to be appointed the Administrator of their adopted son's estate. The Idaho Probate Court Code provided that males must be preferred to females when appointing administrators of estates. Cecil was appointed.

The Supreme Court ruled the appointment was unconstitutional and the Idaho law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by giving a mandatory preference to any sex in order to accomplish the elimination of any hearing on the merits of the case triggered by the dual petitions under the law. The decision was unanimous.

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