Prince v. Massachusetts

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Prince v. Massachusetts
by Wiley Blount Rutledge

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Prince v. Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158 (1944), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the government has broad authority to regulate the actions and treatment of children. Parental authority is not absolute and can be permissibly restricted if doing so is in the interests of a child's welfare. While children share many of the rights of adults, they face different potential harms from similar activities. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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321 U.S. 158

Prince v. Massachusetts

Argued: Dec. 14, 1943. --- Decided: Jan 31, 1944

See 321 U.S. 804, 64 S.Ct. 784.

Appeal from the Superior Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth County.

Mr. Hayden C. Covington, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant.

Mr. R. T. Bushnell, of Boston, Mass., for appellee.

Mr. Justice RUTLEDGE delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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