Authors: Byron R. White

1945–1989

Roe v. Wade

Source: 410 U.S. 113. Justice Blackmun Delivered the Opinion of the Court, Joined by Chief Justice Burger and Justices Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, and Powell . . . We forthwith

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1945–1989

Branzburg v. Hayes

Source: 408 U.S. 665, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/408/665. Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE WHITE, announced by THE CHIEF JUSTICE.[1] The issue in these cases is whether requiring newsmen to appear and

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1945–1989

New York Times Co. v. United States

Source: 403 U.S. 713, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/403/713. PER CURIAM We granted certiorari[1] in these cases in which the United States seeks to enjoin the New York Times and the Washington Post from

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1945–1989

INS v. Chadha

Source: 462 U.S. 919 (1983) CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER[1] delivered the opinion of the Court. [This case] presents a challenge to the constitutionality of the provision in § 244(c)(2) of the

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Griswold v. Connecticut

Opinion DOUGLAS, J., Opinion of the Court MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellant Griswold is Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut. Appellant Buxton

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1989–Present

New Jersey v. T. L. O.

A teacher at a New Jersey high school, upon discovering respondent, then a 14-year-old freshman, and her companion smoking cigarettes in a school lavatory in violation of a school rule,

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1945–1989

Bowers v. Hardwick

BOWERS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GEORGIA v. HARDWICK ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT After being charged with violating the Georgia statute criminalizing

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