Rosado et al. v. Wyman, Commissioner of Social Services of New York, et al.

Decided April 6, 1970. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 540 · 397 U.S. 397 (1970) · Cited 1,401 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• King v. Smith · 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · 383 U.S. 715 (1966)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Hurn v. Oursler · 289 U.S. 238 (1933)
• Moore v. New York Cotton Exchange · 270 U.S. 593 (1926)
• Ex Parte Poresky · 290 U.S. 30 (1933)
• Helvering v. Davis · 301 U.S. 619 (1937)
• Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co. · 303 U.S. 283 (1938)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Far East Conference v. United States · 342 U.S. 570 (1952)
• Steward MacHine Co. v. Davis · 301 U.S. 548 (1937)
• Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · 369 U.S. 31 (1962)
• Zuber v. Allen · 396 U.S. 168 (1969)
• Smith v. Sperling · 354 U.S. 91 (1957)
• Swift & Co. v. Wickham · 382 U.S. 111 (1965)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen · 362 U.S. 73 (1960)
• Lassen v. Arizona Ex Rel. Arizona Highway Department · 385 U.S. 458 (1967)
• Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co. v. River Terminals Corp. · 360 U.S. 411 (1959)

Cited by

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

• Jefferson v. Hackney · 406 U.S. 535 (1972)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• Hagans v. Lavine · 415 U.S. 528 (1974)
• Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. · 575 U.S. 320 (2015)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• Guardians Assn. v. Civil Serv. Comm'n of New York City · 463 U.S. 582 (1983)
• Quern v. Mandley · 436 U.S. 725 (1978)
• Shea v. Vialpando · 416 U.S. 251 (1974)
• Suter v. Artist M. · 503 U.S. 347 (1992)
• Allee v. Medrano · 416 U.S. 802 (1974)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn. · 496 U.S. 498 (1990)
• Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny · 442 U.S. 366 (1979)
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles · 493 U.S. 103 (1989)
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Walsh, Acting Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services · 538 U.S. 644 (2003)
• Heckler v. Turner · 470 U.S. 184 (1985)
• Younger v. Harris · 401 U.S. 37 (1971)
• Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill · 484 U.S. 343 (1988)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365 (1971)
• Williams v. Illinois · 399 U.S. 235 (1970)
• Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. · 446 U.S. 719 (1980)
• Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 440 U.S. 391 (1979)
• Welsh v. United States · 398 U.S. 333 (1970)
• Wright v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority · 479 U.S. 418 (1987)
• Finley v. United States · 490 U.S. 545 (1989)
• Lynch v. Household Finance Corp. · 405 U.S. 538 (1972)

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