Armstrong v. Manzo

Armstrong v. Manzo
Armstrong v. Manzo
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1965
Full case name	Armstrong v. Manzo
Citations	380 U.S. 545 (more)
Holding
	Failure to provide notice of pending adoption proceedings to the adversely situated biological parent is a violation of due process.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas; Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II; William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart; Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinion
Majority	Stewart, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	Due Process Clause

Armstrong v. Manzo, 380 U.S. 545 (1965), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that failure to provide notice of pending adoption proceedings to the adversely situated biological parent is a violation of due process.^[1]

Significance

This case stands for the proposition that hearings in courts "must be granted at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner."^[2]

^ Armstrong v. Manzo, 380 U.S. 545 (1965).
^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Hearing". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 229.

Text of Armstrong v. Manzo, 380 U.S. 545 (1965) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia

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