State Supreme Court / Miss.

Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Fordice

Decided August 13, 1998. Michael D. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

716 So. 2d 645 · Cited 61 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

In re T.W. · 551 So. 2d 1186
Beta Beta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi v. May · 611 So. 2d 889
Pray v. Hewitt · 179 So. 2d 842
Everitt v. Lovitt · 192 So. 2d 422
Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390
Pierce v. Society of Sisters · 268 U.S. 510
Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Botsford · 141 U.S. 250
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality v. Weems · 653 So. 2d 266
Hope v. Perales · 634 N.E.2d 183
Mississippi State Tax Commission ex rel. Marx v. Veazey · 624 So. 2d 997
In Re Quinlan · 355 A.2d 647
State v. Koome · 530 P.2d 260
Golden v. Golden · 151 So. 2d 598
McCaskill v. State · 227 So. 2d 847
Mississippi State Board of Health v. Johnson · 19 So. 2d 445
Hart v. Backstrom · 113 So. 898
MISSISSIPPI EMP. SEC. COM'N v. McGlothin · 556 So. 2d 324
Chevron USA, Inc. v. State · 578 So. 2d 644
Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. v. Berry · 669 So. 2d 56
Winfield v. Div. of Pari-Mutuel Wagering · 477 So. 2d 544
Women of the State v. Gomez · 542 N.W.2d 17
State v. Hall · 187 So. 2d 861
Planned Parenthood Ass'n of the Atlanta Area v. Harris · 670 F. Supp. 971
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio v. Rhodes · 477 F. Supp. 529
Spears v. State · 278 So. 2d 443

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Sherron v. State · 959 So. 2d 30
Clinic for Women, Inc. v. Brizzi · 837 N.E.2d 973
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. State · 375 P.3d 1122
R.B. ex rel. V.D. v. State · 790 So. 2d 830
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and Jill Meadows v. Kimberly K. Reynolds ex rel. State of Iowa and Iowa Board of Medicine · 915 N.W.2d 206
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. and Jill Meadows v. Iowa Board of Medicine · 865 N.W.2d 252
Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee v. Sundquist · 38 S.W.3d 1
Hodes & Nauser, MDS, P.A. v. Schmidt · 440 P.3d 461
Planned Parenthood v. Farmer · 762 A.2d 620
Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc. v. American Ass'n of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists · 257 P.3d 181
Eubanks v. Schmidt · 126 F. Supp. 2d 451
In re Hooker · 87 So. 3d 401
Bell v. Dixon · 976 So. 2d 965
Beene v. FERGUSON AUTOMOTIVE, INC. · 37 So. 3d 695
Stringer v. American Bankers Insurance Co. of Florida · 969 So. 2d 113
In re A. W. · 826 So. 2d 1280

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