Parham, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources of Georgia, et al. v. J.r. et al.

Decided June 20, 1979. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-1690 · 442 U.S. 584 (1979) · Cited 1,078 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.

• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth · 428 U.S. 52 (1976)
• Goss v. Lopez · 419 U.S. 565 (1975)
• Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418 (1979)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• O'Connor v. Donaldson · 422 U.S. 563 (1975)
• Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Specht v. Patterson · 386 U.S. 605 (1967)
• Wolff v. McDonnell · 418 U.S. 539 (1974)
• In Re GAULT · 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Humphrey v. Cady · 405 U.S. 504 (1972)
• McNeil v. Director, Patuxent Institution · 407 U.S. 245 (1972)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Stump v. Sparkman · 435 U.S. 349 (1978)
• Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Armstrong v. Manzo · 380 U.S. 545 (1965)
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• Breed v. Jones · 421 U.S. 519 (1975)
• Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co. · 416 U.S. 600 (1974)
• Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform · 431 U.S. 816 (1977)
• Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz · 435 U.S. 78 (1978)
• North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc. · 419 U.S. 601 (1975)
• Baxstrom v. Herold · 383 U.S. 107 (1966)
• Kremens v. Bartley · 431 U.S. 119 (1977)

Cited by

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• Washington v. Harper · 494 U.S. 210 (1990)
• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• Troxel v. Granville · 530 U.S. 57 (2000)
• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)
• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
• Walters v. National Assn. of Radiation Survivors · 473 U.S. 305 (1985)
• Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty. · 452 U.S. 18 (1981)
• Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
• Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo · 457 U.S. 307 (1982)
• Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · 509 U.S. 312 (1993)
• Vitek v. Jones · 445 U.S. 480 (1980)
• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl · 570 U.S. 637 (2013)
• Zinermon v. Burch · 494 U.S. 113 (1990)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 443 U.S. 622 (1979)
• O'Bannon v. Town Court Nursing Center · 447 U.S. 773 (1980)
• Mills v. Rogers · 457 U.S. 291 (1982)
• Ford v. Wainwright · 477 U.S. 399 (1986)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
• Medina v. California · 505 U.S. 437 (1992)
• Burns v. United States · 501 U.S. 129 (1991)
• Jones v. United States · 463 U.S. 354 (1983)
• Thompson v. Oklahoma · 487 U.S. 815 (1988)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. · 462 U.S. 416 (1983)
• Schweiker v. McClure · 456 U.S. 188 (1982)
• Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health · 497 U.S. 502 (1990)

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