Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Wiesenfeld

Decided March 19, 1975. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1892 · 420 U.S. 636 (1975) · Cited 928 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Frontiero v. Richardson · 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
• Flemming v. Nestor · 363 U.S. 603 (1960)
• Schlesinger v. Ballard · 419 U.S. 498 (1975)
• Taylor v. Louisiana · 419 U.S. 522 (1975)
• Kahn v. Shevin · 416 U.S. 351 (1974)
• Jimenez v. Weinberger · 417 U.S. 628 (1974)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co. · 303 U.S. 283 (1938)
• Bolling v. Sharpe · 347 U.S. 497 (1954)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• Schneider v. Rusk · 377 U.S. 163 (1964)
• Richardson v. Morris · 409 U.S. 464 (1972)

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• Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 497 U.S. 547 (1990)
• Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Insurance · 446 U.S. 142 (1980)
• Califano v. Webster · 430 U.S. 313 (1977)
• Tuan Anh Nguyen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 533 U.S. 53 (2001)
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney · 442 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Califano v. Westcott · 443 U.S. 76 (1979)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan · 458 U.S. 718 (1982)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Mathews v. Diaz · 426 U.S. 67 (1976)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• Mathews v. Lucas · 427 U.S. 495 (1976)
• Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County · 450 U.S. 464 (1981)
• Miller v. Albright · 523 U.S. 420 (1998)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. · 488 U.S. 469 (1989)
• United States v. Virginia · 518 U.S. 515 (1996)
• Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · 430 U.S. 787 (1977)
• Orr v. Orr · 440 U.S. 268 (1979)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)
• Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 462 U.S. 669 (1983)
• Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del. · 450 U.S. 662 (1981)
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Davis v. Passman · 442 U.S. 228 (1979)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)

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