Reed v. Reed, Administrator

Decided November 22, 1971. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-4 · 404 U.S. 71 (1971) · Cited 1,968 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia · 253 U.S. 412 (1920)
• Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · 220 U.S. 61 (1911)
• McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · 394 U.S. 802 (1969)
• Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York · 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
• Barbier v. Connolly · 113 U.S. 27 (1885)

Cited by

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• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Schlesinger v. Ballard · 419 U.S. 498 (1975)
• Frontiero v. Richardson · 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
• United States v. Windsor · 570 U.S. 744 (2013)
• United States v. Virginia · 518 U.S. 515 (1996)
• Califano v. Goldfarb · 430 U.S. 199 (1977)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• Parham v. Hughes · 441 U.S. 347 (1979)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Lehr v. Robertson · 463 U.S. 248 (1983)
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan · 458 U.S. 718 (1982)
• Geduldig v. Aiello · 417 U.S. 484 (1974)
• Kahn v. Shevin · 416 U.S. 351 (1974)
• Sessions v. Morales-Santana · 582 U.S. 47 (2017)
• General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · 429 U.S. 125 (1976)
• Stanton v. Stanton · 421 U.S. 7 (1975)
• Bostock v. Clayton County · 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• Caban v. Mohammed · 441 U.S. 380 (1979)
• Orr v. Orr · 440 U.S. 268 (1979)
• Trimble v. Gordon · 430 U.S. 762 (1977)
• Rostker v. Goldberg · 453 U.S. 57 (1981)
• Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County · 450 U.S. 464 (1981)
• Lyng v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers · 485 U.S. 360 (1988)
• KIRCHBERG v. FEENSTRA Et Al. · 450 U.S. 455 (1981)
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. · 473 U.S. 432 (1985)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)

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