Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Diaz et al.

Decided June 1, 1976. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1046 · 426 U.S. 67 (1976) · Cited 1,237 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365 (1971)
• Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld · 420 U.S. 636 (1975)
• Kleindienst v. Mandel · 408 U.S. 753 (1972)
• Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · 342 U.S. 580 (1952)
• Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · 339 U.S. 33 (1950)
• Wong Wing v. United States · 163 U.S. 228 (1896)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• Zemel v. Rusk · 381 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County · 415 U.S. 250 (1974)
• Schlesinger v. Councilman · 420 U.S. 738 (1975)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Fong Yue Ting v. United States · 149 U.S. 698 (1893)
• Willingham v. Morgan · 395 U.S. 402 (1969)
• Kent v. Dulles · 357 U.S. 116 (1958)
• Galvan v. Press · 347 U.S. 522 (1954)
• In Re Griffiths · 413 U.S. 717 (1973)
• Sugarman v. Dougall · 413 U.S. 634 (1973)
• Russian Volunteer Fleet v. United States · 282 U.S. 481 (1931)

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• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Plyler v. Doe · 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
• Heckler v. Ringer · 466 U.S. 602 (1984)
• Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam · 591 U.S. 103 (2020)
• Nyquist v. Mauclet · 432 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · 430 U.S. 787 (1977)
• Miller v. Albright · 523 U.S. 420 (1998)
• Toll v. Moreno · 458 U.S. 1 (1982)
• Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
• United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal · 458 U.S. 858 (1982)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez · 494 U.S. 259 (1990)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• Norton Ex Rel. Chiles v. Mathews · 427 U.S. 524 (1976)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• McCarthy v. Madigan · 503 U.S. 140 (1992)
• Clements v. Fashing · 457 U.S. 957 (1982)
• New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer · 440 U.S. 568 (1979)
• Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · 543 U.S. 335 (2005)
• Jean v. Nelson · 472 U.S. 846 (1985)
• Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison · 520 U.S. 564 (1997)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Pangilinan · 486 U.S. 875 (1988)
• Carr v. Saul · 593 U.S. 83 (2021)
• Califano v. Aznavorian · 439 U.S. 170 (1978)
• Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks · 430 U.S. 73 (1977)

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