Shaw v. Shaw
Significance, Sticks And Stones, Patriarchal Power, Spousal Abuse, Further Readings
Plaintiff
Emeline Shaw
Defendant
Daniel T. Shaw
Plaintiff's Claim
That she be granted a divorce on the ground of intolerable cruelty.
Chief Lawyers for Plaintiff
Sedgwick, Seymour
Chief Defense Lawyers
Church, Hubbard
Justices for the Court
Joel Hinman, Henry Waite, Chief Justice Thomas S. Williams (writing for the court)
Justices Dissenting
Samuel Church (William L. Storrs did not participate)
Place
Litchfield, Connecticut
Date of Decision
June 1845
Decision
The court denied Shaw her divorce.
Related Cases
- Oregon v. Rideout, 108,866 Circuit Court, County of Marion, Oregon (1978).
Sources
Koshland, Daniel E. Jr. "The Spousal Abuse Problem." Science, 22 July 1994.
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