In the Matter of Cortez

16 Cited authorities

Stanley v. Illinois
405 U.S. 645 (1972) Cited 5,114 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that Illinois could not automatically designate the children of unwed parents as wards of the state upon the death of the mother because fathers of children born out of wedlock have a "cognizable and substantial" "interest in retaining custody of [their] children" under the Constitution
Roe v. Wade
410 U.S. 113 (1973) Cited 4,093 times 26 Legal Analyses
Holding that end of pregnancy did not moot the case because the plaintiff was capable of becoming pregnant again
Griswold v. Connecticut
381 U.S. 479 (1965) Cited 3,313 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding unconstitutional state law that criminalized the use of "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception"
Mathews v. Diaz
426 U.S. 67 (1976) Cited 974 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that congressional alienage-based restrictions on federal Medicare benefits did not violate due process
Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld
420 U.S. 636 (1975) Cited 727 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding unconstitutional a Social Security classification that excluded fathers from receipt of child-in-care benefits available to mothers
Cleveland Board of Education v. Lafleur
414 U.S. 632 (1974) Cited 735 times
Holding a conclusive presumption that pregnant teachers were unfit to continue working after reaching the fifth month of pregnancy invalid
Kleindienst v. Mandel
408 U.S. 753 (1972) Cited 774 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that students had a "constitutional interest" in hearing a Marxist theoretician speak at academic conferences and discussions in the United States
Fiallo v. Bell
430 U.S. 787 (1977) Cited 656 times
Holding that legislative classification addressing which parents of U.S. citizens qualify for "special preference immigration status" survived Mandel scrutiny, but without addressing whether plaintiffs were correct in claiming that the statute infringed various constitutional interests, including the asserted "fundamental constitutional interests of United States citizens and permanent residents in a familial relationship"
Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong
426 U.S. 88 (1976) Cited 335 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that “[w]hen the Federal Government asserts an overriding national interest as justification for a discriminatory rule which would violate the Equal Protection Clause if adopted by a State, due process requires that there be a legitimate basis for presuming that the rule was actually intended to serve that interest”
Shaughnessy v. Mezei
345 U.S. 206 (1953) Cited 631 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that an excluded alien's indefinite detention on Ellis Island did not violate constitutional law because “he is treated as if he stopped at the border”

In the Matter of Cortez

16 Cited authorities

Holding that Illinois could not automatically designate the children of unwed parents as wards of the state upon the death of the mother because fathers of children born out of wedlock have a "cognizable and substantial" "interest in retaining custody of [their] children" under the Constitution

Holding that end of pregnancy did not moot the case because the plaintiff was capable of becoming pregnant again

Holding unconstitutional state law that criminalized the use of "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception"

Holding that congressional alienage-based restrictions on federal Medicare benefits did not violate due process

Holding unconstitutional a Social Security classification that excluded fathers from receipt of child-in-care benefits available to mothers

Holding a conclusive presumption that pregnant teachers were unfit to continue working after reaching the fifth month of pregnancy invalid

Holding that students had a "constitutional interest" in hearing a Marxist theoretician speak at academic conferences and discussions in the United States

Holding that an excluded alien's indefinite detention on Ellis Island did not violate constitutional law because “he is treated as if he stopped at the border”