Bellotti, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al. v. Baird et al.

Decided July 2, 1979. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-329 · 443 U.S. 622 (1979) · Cited 833 times

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth · 428 U.S. 52 (1976)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 428 U.S. 132 (1976)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• McKeiver v. Pennsylvania · 403 U.S. 528 (1971)
• Parham v. J. R. · 442 U.S. 584 (1979)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• In Re GAULT · 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Goss v. Lopez · 419 U.S. 565 (1975)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Kent v. United States · 383 U.S. 541 (1966)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Breed v. Jones · 421 U.S. 519 (1975)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform · 431 U.S. 816 (1977)
• May v. Anderson · 345 U.S. 528 (1953)
• Poulos v. New Hampshire · 345 U.S. 395 (1953)

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• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)
• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health · 497 U.S. 502 (1990)
• Planned Parenthood Assn. of Kansas City, Mo., Inc. v. Ashcroft · 462 U.S. 476 (1983)
• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. · 462 U.S. 416 (1983)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Thompson v. Oklahoma · 487 U.S. 815 (1988)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
• Roper v. Simmons · 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty. · 452 U.S. 18 (1981)
• Eddings v. Oklahoma · 455 U.S. 104 (1982)
• Burger v. Kemp · 483 U.S. 776 (1987)
• Schall v. Martin · 467 U.S. 253 (1984)
• Block v. Rutherford · 468 U.S. 576 (1984)
• Graham v. Collins · 506 U.S. 461 (1993)
• City of Dallas v. Stanglin · 490 U.S. 19 (1989)
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Stanford v. Kentucky · 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Ridgway v. Ridgway · 454 U.S. 46 (1981)

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