42 Cited authorities

  1. U.S. v. Stevens

    559 U.S. 460 (2010)   Cited 1,130 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding law unconstitutional under First Amendment where "impermissible applications ... far outnumber[ed] any permissible ones"
  2. Obergefell v. Hodges

    576 U.S. 644 (2015)   Cited 841 times   60 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Fourteenth Amendment protects the right of same-sex couples to marry in light of doctrinal developments, as well as fundamentally changed social understanding
  3. Lawrence v. Texas

    539 U.S. 558 (2003)   Cited 1,149 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment
  4. Va. Pharmacy Bd. v. Va. Consumer Council

    425 U.S. 748 (1976)   Cited 1,729 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding society and consumers both have a strong interest "in the free flow of commercial information"
  5. Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.

    564 U.S. 786 (2011)   Cited 485 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that even if violent video games cause aggression, a state could not prohibit their sale to children
  6. Vacco v. Quill

    521 U.S. 793 (1997)   Cited 482 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that New York's assisted suicide law had a rational basis, therefore comporting with equal protection, despite its controversy among medical experts
  7. Bowers v. Hardwick

    478 U.S. 186 (1986)   Cited 660 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Constitution does not "confer a fundamental right upon homosexuals to engage in sodomy"
  8. Board of Education v. Pico ex rel. Pico

    457 U.S. 853 (1982)   Cited 450 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that while school boards "rightly possess significant discretion to determine the content of their school libraries . . . that discretion may not be exercised in a narrowly partisan or political manner"
  9. Thompson v. Western States Medical Center

    535 U.S. 357 (2002)   Cited 212 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a ban on advertising the compounding of pharmaceuticals violated the First Amendment
  10. Pacific Gas Elec. Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n

    475 U.S. 1 (1986)   Cited 284 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a state agency may not require a utility company to include a third-party newsletter in its billing envelope
  11. Section 125.15 - Manslaughter in the second degree

    N.Y. Penal Law § 125.15   Cited 678 times
    Requiring only recklessness
  12. Section 120.30 - Promoting a suicide attempt

    N.Y. Penal Law § 120.30   Cited 19 times

    A person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he intentionally causes or aids another person to attempt suicide. Promoting a suicide attempt is a class E felony. N.Y. Penal Law § 120.30

  13. Section 16-5-5 - Assisted suicide; notification of licensing board regarding violation

    Ga. Code § 16-5-5   Cited 10 times
    Making it a felony to knowingly and willfully assist a suicide
  14. Section 46b-20 - Definitions

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-20   Cited 2 times

    As used in this chapter: (1) "Registrar" means the registrar of vital statistics; (2) "Applicant" means applicant for a marriage license; (3) "License" means marriage license; and (4) "Marriage" means the legal union of two persons. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-20 (P.A. 78-230, S. 1, 54; P.A. 09-13, S. 3.) Amended by P.A. 09-0013, S. 3 of the the 2009 Regular Session, eff. 4/23/2009.