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EISENSTADT, SHERIFF v. BAIRD (1972)

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EISENSTADT, SHERIFF v. BAIRD
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1971
Decided: March 22, 1972
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-1
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Douglas • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger

EISENSTADT, SHERIFF v. BAIRD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1972. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1971.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Privacy - Abortion: including contraceptives
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: Health organization or person, nursing home, medical clinic or laboratory, chiropractor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 405 U.S. 438
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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