Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri et al. v. Danforth, Attorney General of Missouri, et al.

Decided July 1, 1976. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 74-1151 · 428 U.S. 52 (1976) · Cited 1,050 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• In Re GAULT · 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Goss v. Lopez · 419 U.S. 565 (1975)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Wisconsin v. Constantineau · 400 U.S. 433 (1971)
• McKeiver v. Pennsylvania · 403 U.S. 528 (1971)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)
• Breed v. Jones · 421 U.S. 519 (1975)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)

Cited by

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

• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. · 462 U.S. 416 (1983)
• H. L. v. Matheson · 450 U.S. 398 (1981)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 443 U.S. 622 (1979)
• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
• Colautti v. Franklin · 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
• Planned Parenthood Assn. of Kansas City, Mo., Inc. v. Ashcroft · 462 U.S. 476 (1983)
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
• Parham v. J. R. · 442 U.S. 584 (1979)
• Gonzales v. Carhart · 550 U.S. 124 (2007)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health · 497 U.S. 502 (1990)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• Troxel v. Granville · 530 U.S. 57 (2000)
• Roper v. Simmons · 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Diamond v. Charles · 476 U.S. 54 (1986)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• City of Mobile v. Bolden · 446 U.S. 55 (1980)
• Caban v. Mohammed · 441 U.S. 380 (1979)
• Thompson v. Oklahoma · 487 U.S. 815 (1988)
• Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Eng. · 546 U.S. 320 (2006)
• Beal v. Doe · 432 U.S. 438 (1977)

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