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Roe v. Wade (1973)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ROE et al. v. WADE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DALLAS COUNTY
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1971
Decided: January 22, 1973
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Douglas • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Byron White

ROE et al. v. WADE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DALLAS COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1973. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1971.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Northern 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: Female
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 410 U.S. 113
  • 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: Harry Blackmun

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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