Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, et al. v. Robert P. Casey, et al., Etc.

Decided June 29, 1992. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-744 · 505 U.S. 833 (1992) · Cited 2,492 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)
• Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists · 476 U.S. 747 (1986)
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
• Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth · 428 U.S. 52 (1976)
• City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. · 462 U.S. 416 (1983)
• Plessy v. Ferguson · 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
• Hodgson v. Minnesota · 497 U.S. 417 (1990)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health · 497 U.S. 502 (1990)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• Planned Parenthood Assn. of Kansas City, Mo., Inc. v. Ashcroft · 462 U.S. 476 (1983)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 443 U.S. 622 (1979)
• Adkins v. Children's Hospital of Columbia · 261 U.S. 525 (1923)
• Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Poe v. Ullman · 367 U.S. 497 (1961)
• Colautti v. Franklin · 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish · 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
• Michael H. v. Gerald D. · 491 U.S. 110 (1989)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Maher v. Roe · 432 U.S. 464 (1977)
• Turner v. Safley · 482 U.S. 78 (1987)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)

Cited by

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

• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Gonzales v. Carhart · 550 U.S. 124 (2007)
• Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra · 585 U.S. 755 (2018)
• Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. · 587 U.S. 490 (2019)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Mazurek v. Armstrong · 520 U.S. 968 (1997)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Gamble v. United States · 587 U.S. 678 (2019)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• Ramos v. Louisiana · 590 U.S. 83 (2020)
• City of L. A. v. Patel · 576 U.S. 409 (2015)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt · 587 U.S. 230 (2019)
• Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson · 595 U.S. 30 (2021)
• Herrera v. Collins · 506 U.S. 390 (1993)
• Agostini v. Felton · 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. · 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
• Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Eng. · 546 U.S. 320 (2006)
• Timbs v. Indiana · 586 U.S. 146 (2019)
• Azar v. Garza · 584 U.S. 726 (2018)
• Troxel v. Granville · 530 U.S. 57 (2000)
• Roper v. Simmons · 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
• Tennessee v. Lane · 541 U.S. 509 (2004)
• Hubbard v. United States · 514 U.S. 695 (1995)

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