State Supreme Court / N.J.

Right to Choose v. Byrne

Decided August 18, 1982. Daniel Joseph O'Hern wrote the opinion for the court.

450 A.2d 925 · Cited 257 times

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Committee to Defend Reproductive Rights v. Myers · 625 P.2d 779
Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147
Williams v. Zbaraz · 448 U.S. 358
Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond · 416 U.S. 696
State v. Hunt · 450 A.2d 952
Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. State · 445 A.2d 353
Doe v. Bridgeton Hospital Ass'n, Inc. · 366 A.2d 641
Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356
Pierce v. Society of Sisters · 268 U.S. 510
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 402 U.S. 1
Robinson v. Cahill · 303 A.2d 273
State v. Schmid · 423 A.2d 615
Berman v. Allan · 404 A.2d 8
State v. Profaci · 266 A.2d 579
Gleitman v. Cosgrove · 227 A.2d 689
In Re Grady · 426 A.2d 467
State v. Saunders · 75 N.J. 200
Schmoll v. Creecy · 254 A.2d 525
State v. Alston · 440 A.2d 1311
People v. Brisendine · 531 P.2d 1099
Gangemi v. Berry · 134 A.2d 1
Moe v. Secretary of Administration & Finance · 417 N.E.2d 387
Jordan v. Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Ass'n · 448 A.2d 462
In Re Quinlan · 355 A.2d 647

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