Parham v. Hughes

Decided April 24, 1979. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-3 · 441 U.S. 347 (1979) · Cited 300 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.

• Lalli v. Lalli · 439 U.S. 259 (1978)
• Trimble v. Gordon · 430 U.S. 762 (1977)
• Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 406 U.S. 164 (1972)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Glona v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance · 391 U.S. 73 (1968)
• Gomez v. Perez · 409 U.S. 535 (1973)
• Stanton v. Stanton · 421 U.S. 7 (1975)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Frontiero v. Richardson · 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
• Vance v. Bradley · 440 U.S. 93 (1979)
• Schlesinger v. Ballard · 419 U.S. 498 (1975)
• Orr v. Orr · 440 U.S. 268 (1979)
• Mathews v. Lucas · 427 U.S. 495 (1976)
• Labine v. Vincent · 401 U.S. 532 (1971)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Dandridge v. Williams · 397 U.S. 471 (1970)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365 (1971)
• Quilloin v. Walcott · 434 U.S. 246 (1978)
• Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld · 420 U.S. 636 (1975)
• Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity Hospital · 391 U.S. 68 (1968)
• New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer · 440 U.S. 568 (1979)
• Oyama v. California · 332 U.S. 633 (1948)
• Town of Lockport v. Citizens for Community Action at the Local Level, Inc. · 430 U.S. 259 (1977)

Cited by

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• Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County · 450 U.S. 464 (1981)
• Miller v. Albright · 523 U.S. 420 (1998)
• Mills v. Habluetzel · 456 U.S. 91 (1982)
• Tuan Anh Nguyen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 533 U.S. 53 (2001)

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