Hodgson et al. v. Minnesota et al.

Decided June 25, 1990. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-1125 · 497 U.S. 417 (1990) · Cited 264 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Bellotti v. Baird · 443 U.S. 622 (1979)
• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth · 428 U.S. 52 (1976)
• Planned Parenthood Assn. of Kansas City, Mo., Inc. v. Ashcroft · 462 U.S. 476 (1983)
• Parham v. J. R. · 442 U.S. 584 (1979)
• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. · 462 U.S. 416 (1983)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Turner v. Safley · 482 U.S. 78 (1987)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 428 U.S. 132 (1976)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Lehr v. Robertson · 463 U.S. 248 (1983)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Caban v. Mohammed · 441 U.S. 380 (1979)
• Michael H. v. Gerald D. · 491 U.S. 110 (1989)
• Thompson v. Oklahoma · 487 U.S. 815 (1988)
• Stanford v. Kentucky · 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Santosky v. Kramer · 455 U.S. 745 (1982)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)

Cited by

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

• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Eng. · 546 U.S. 320 (2006)
• Roper v. Simmons · 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)

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