89 Cited authorities

  1. Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.

    473 U.S. 432 (1985)   Cited 9,711 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class
  2. Hebbe v. Pliler

    611 F.3d 1202 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 7,643 times
    Holding pro se complaints should be liberally construed
  3. United States v. Lopez

    514 U.S. 549 (1995)   Cited 2,374 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Gun-Free School Zones Act "exceeds the authority of Congress to ‘regulate Commerce’ " as it "neither regulates a commercial activity nor" "contains jurisdictional element which would ensure, through case-by-case inquiry, that the firearm possession in question affects interstate commerce" (quoting U.S. Const. Art. I § 8 cl. 3 )
  4. Heller v. Doe

    509 U.S. 312 (1993)   Cited 2,341 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts must accept a legislature's generalizations under rational basis review "even when there is an imperfect fit between means and ends" or where the classification "is not made with mathematical nicety"
  5. Agostini v. Felton

    521 U.S. 203 (1997)   Cited 1,623 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "lower courts should follow the case which directly controls, leaving to this Court the prerogative of overruling its own decisions"
  6. Plyler v. Doe

    457 U.S. 202 (1982)   Cited 3,016 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens
  7. Unified School Dist. v. Newdow

    542 U.S. 1 (2004)   Cited 1,202 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the plaintiff lacked standing because the interests of the plaintiff and the right-holder were "potentially in conflict"
  8. Perry v. Sindermann

    408 U.S. 593 (1972)   Cited 4,500 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that mutually explicit understanding could give rise to protected property interest
  9. Ankenbrandt v. Richards

    504 U.S. 689 (1992)   Cited 1,849 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that divorce, alimony, and child custody decrees fall under "domestic relations exception" to federal courts' subject matter jurisdiction
  10. Lawrence v. Texas

    539 U.S. 558 (2003)   Cited 1,153 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding statute that criminalizes two persons of same sex engaging in intimate sexual conduct unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment
  11. Section 1257 - State courts; certiorari

    28 U.S.C. § 1257   Cited 3,605 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a final judgment rendered by the highest state court may only be reviewed by the United States Supreme Court
  12. Section 8901 - Definitions

    5 U.S.C. § 8901   Cited 327 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Defining "carrier" as an organization "lawfully engaged in providing, paying for, or reimbursing the cost of, health services . . . in consideration of premiums or other periodic charges payable to the carrier"
  13. Section 8902 - Contracting authority

    5 U.S.C. § 8902   Cited 238 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Requiring carrier to provide health benefit if OPM concludes that enrollee is entitled to the benefit under the contract
  14. Section 7 - Marriage

    1 U.S.C. § 7   Cited 152 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Containing no money-mandating provisions
  15. Section 297.5 - Rights, protections and benefits of partners

    Cal. Fam. Code § 297.5   Cited 53 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Stating that the section does not modify any federal benefits or protections
  16. Section 8903 - Health benefits plans

    5 U.S.C. § 8903   Cited 30 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Instructing the OPM to contract or approve “[o]ne Government-wide [service benefit] plan.”
  17. Section 530D - Report on enforcement of laws

    28 U.S.C. § 530D   Cited 9 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Requiring Attorney General to report to Congress a decision to refrain from defending the constitutionality of a federal statute or not to appeal an adverse determination thereof
  18. Section 8904 - Types of benefits

    5 U.S.C. § 8904   Cited 7 times

    (a) The benefits to be provided under plans described by section 8903 of this title may be of the following types: (1) SERVICE BENEFIT PLAN.- (A) Hospital benefits. (B) Surgical benefits. (C) In-hospital medical benefits. (D) Ambulatory patient benefits. (E) Supplemental benefits. (F) Obstetrical benefits. (2) INDEMNITY BENEFIT PLAN.- (A) Hospital care. (B) Surgical care and treatment. (C) Medical care and treatment. (D) Obstetrical benefits. (E) Prescribed drugs, medicines, and prosthetic devices

  19. Section 890.302 - Coverage of family members

    5 C.F.R. § 890.302   Cited 3 times

    (a) (1)Enrollment. An enrollment for self plus one includes the enrollee and one eligible family member. An enrollment for self and family includes all family members who are eligible to be covered by the enrollment except as provided in § 890.308(h) . Proof of family member eligibility may be required, and must be provided upon request, to the carrier, the employing office, or OPM. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, no employee, former employee, annuitant, child, or former spouse