Israel v. Allen

How courts have described this case

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• holding a statute prohibiting marriage between adopted brothers and sisters unconstitutional and noting “[t]he physical detriment to the offspring of persons related by blood is totally absent”
• statute prohibiting marriage between brother and sister related by adoption is unconstitutional as violative of equal protection
• statute prohibiting marriage between adopted brothers and sisters unconstitutional under minimal standard of scrutiny
• statute prohibiting marriage between adopted brothers and sisters unconstitutional under minimal standard of scrutiny

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).