sentences:  Linda R. S. v. Richard D.
  
  Linda R. S. v. Richard D., 410 U.S. 614 (1973), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting in a ruling that a particular section of a Texas Penal Code did not apply to mothers with out-of-wedlock children.The case was argued on December 6, 1972 and decided on March 5, 1973.