Michael H. et al. v. Gerald D.

Decided June 15, 1989. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-746 · 491 U.S. 110 (1989) · Cited 719 times

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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.

• Lehr v. Robertson · 463 U.S. 248 (1983)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Caban v. Mohammed · 441 U.S. 380 (1979)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Quilloin v. Walcott · 434 U.S. 246 (1978)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur · 414 U.S. 632 (1974)
• Vlandis v. Kline · 412 U.S. 441 (1973)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Snyder v. Massachusetts · 291 U.S. 97 (1934)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Gomez v. Perez · 409 U.S. 535 (1973)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · 339 U.S. 306 (1950)
• Turner v. Safley · 482 U.S. 78 (1987)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Armstrong v. Manzo · 380 U.S. 545 (1965)
• Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · 455 U.S. 422 (1982)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Bell v. Burson · 402 U.S. 535 (1971)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Vitek v. Jones · 445 U.S. 480 (1980)

Cited by

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• Troxel v. Granville · 530 U.S. 57 (2000)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe · 538 U.S. 1 (2003)
• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)
• Pavan v. Smith · 582 U.S. 563 (2017)
• Albright v. Oliver · 510 U.S. 266 (1994)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois · 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
• County of Sacramento v. Lewis · 523 U.S. 833 (1998)
• Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
• Schad v. Arizona · 501 U.S. 624 (1991)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• Foucha v. Louisiana · 504 U.S. 71 (1992)
• United States v. Virginia · 518 U.S. 515 (1996)

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