Legal Opinion
Doe v. Irwin
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1980No. 78-1056PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the distribution of contraceptives to minors, without notice to their parents, by a publicly operated family planning clinic. The plaintiffs are parents of a 16-year-old daughter who received contraceptives from the clinic and other parents of two teen-age children who live in the area served by it. A class was certified by the district court consisting of “all parents residing in the county of Ingham who have children between the onset of puberty and the age of majority under their parental care, custody and control, and who, as parents, are opposed…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Aid for Women v. FoulstonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- Curtis v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
- Parents United for Better Schools, Inc. v. School District of Philadelphia Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Doe v. IrwinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
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