Doe et al. v. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, et al.

Decided January 22, 1973. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-40 · 410 U.S. 179 (1973) · Cited 1,432 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• United States v. Vuitch · 402 U.S. 62 (1971)
• Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Jacobson v. Massachusetts · 197 U.S. 11 (1905)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Katz v. United States · 389 U.S. 347 (1967)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Olmstead v. United States · 277 U.S. 438 (1928)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · 395 U.S. 621 (1969)
• In Re Ruffalo · 390 U.S. 544 (1968)
• Dent v. West Virginia · 129 U.S. 114 (1889)
• Carrington v. Rash · 380 U.S. 89 (1965)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. · 462 U.S. 416 (1983)
• Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth · 428 U.S. 52 (1976)
• Colautti v. Franklin · 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
• Beal v. Doe · 432 U.S. 438 (1977)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
• Baldwin v. Fish and Game Comm'n of Mont. · 436 U.S. 371 (1978)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Diamond v. Charles · 476 U.S. 54 (1986)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 443 U.S. 622 (1979)
• California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz · 416 U.S. 21 (1974)
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
• Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States · 506 U.S. 80 (1992)
• Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health · 497 U.S. 502 (1990)
• Supreme Court of NH v. Piper · 470 U.S. 274 (1985)
• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)
• Moyle v. United States · 603 U.S. 324 (2024)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)

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