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MAHER, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF CONNECTICUT v. ROE et al. (1977)

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MAHER, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF CONNECTICUT v. ROE et al.
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1977
Decided: June 20, 1977
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

MAHER, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF CONNECTICUT v. ROE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 1977. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1977.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Privacy - Abortion: including contraceptives
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Connecticut
  • Respondent type: medical or Medicaid claimant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 432 U.S. 464
  • 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: Lewis Powell

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 conservative.

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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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