Jayne Bray, et al. v. Alexandria Women'S Health Clinic et al.

Decided January 13, 1993. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-985 · 506 U.S. 263 (1993) · Cited 871 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.

• Griffin v. Breckenridge · 403 U.S. 88 (1971)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott · 463 U.S. 825 (1983)
• Geduldig v. Aiello · 417 U.S. 484 (1974)
• United States v. Guest · 383 U.S. 745 (1966)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty · 434 U.S. 136 (1977)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Kush v. Rutledge · 460 U.S. 719 (1983)
• Collins v. Hardyman · 341 U.S. 651 (1951)
• General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · 429 U.S. 125 (1976)
• Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny · 442 U.S. 366 (1979)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 462 U.S. 669 (1983)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc. · 397 U.S. 137 (1970)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Frontiero v. Richardson · 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan · 458 U.S. 718 (1982)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan · 325 U.S. 761 (1945)

Cited by

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

• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western NY · 519 U.S. 357 (1997)
• Timbs v. Indiana · 586 U.S. 146 (2019)
• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez · 561 U.S. 661 (2010)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. · 513 U.S. 527 (1995)
• Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland · 566 U.S. 30 (2012)
• United States v. Edge Broadcasting Co. · 509 U.S. 418 (1993)
• United States v. Skrmetti · 605 U.S. 495 (2025)
• Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita Inc. · 596 U.S. 880 (2022)

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