Hagans et al. v. Lavine, Commissioner, New York Department of Social Services, et al.

Decided March 25, 1974. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-6476 · 415 U.S. 528 (1974) · Cited 2,844 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · 383 U.S. 715 (1966)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• Rosado v. Wyman · 397 U.S. 397 (1970)
• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238 (1933)
• King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
• Levering & Garrigues Co. v. Morrin · 289 U.S. 103 (1933)
• Bell v. Hood · 327 U.S. 678 (1946)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Hannis Distilling Co. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore · 216 U.S. 285 (1910)
• Carter v. Stanton · 405 U.S. 669 (1972)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Ex Parte Poresky · 290 U.S. 30 (1933)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen · 362 U.S. 73 (1960)
• McGilvra v. Ross · 215 U.S. 70 (1909)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Osborn v. Bank of United States · 22 U.S. 738 (1824)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · 369 U.S. 31 (1962)
• Goosby v. Osser · 409 U.S. 512 (1973)
• Townsend v. Swank · 404 U.S. 282 (1971)
• Township of Hillsborough v. Cromwell · 326 U.S. 620 (1946)
• California Department of Human Resources Development v. Java · 402 U.S. 121 (1971)
• Southern Railway Co. v. Watts · 260 U.S. 519 (1923)
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Daughton · 262 U.S. 413 (1923)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Oneida Indian Nation v. County of Oneida · 414 U.S. 661 (1974)
• The Fair v. Kohler Die & Specialty Co. · 228 U.S. 22 (1913)
• Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis · 301 U.S. 548 (1937)

Cited by

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

• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Maher v. Gagne · 448 U.S. 122 (1980)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 465 U.S. 89 (1984)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Neitzke v. Williams · 490 U.S. 319 (1989)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons · 522 U.S. 156 (1997)
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
• Wood v. Strickland · 420 U.S. 308 (1975)
• Whalen v. United States · 445 U.S. 684 (1980)
• Heckler v. Ringer · 466 U.S. 602 (1984)
• Ankenbrandt Ex Rel. L. R. v. Richards · 504 U.S. 689 (1992)
• Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co. · 416 U.S. 663 (1974)
• South Dakota v. Neville · 459 U.S. 553 (1983)
• Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny · 442 U.S. 366 (1979)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Franklin v. Massachusetts · 505 U.S. 788 (1992)
• Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. · 443 U.S. 173 (1979)
• United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez · 494 U.S. 259 (1990)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · 424 U.S. 507 (1976)
• Finley v. United States · 490 U.S. 545 (1989)
• Hibbs v. Winn · 542 U.S. 88 (2004)
• Cuyler v. Adams · 449 U.S. 433 (1981)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• Foremost Insurance v. Richardson · 457 U.S. 668 (1982)
• Texas v. Cobb · 532 U.S. 162 (2001)
• Philbrook v. Glodgett · 421 U.S. 707 (1975)

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