Legal Opinion
Singleton v. Wulff
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 1, 1976No. 74-1393PublishedCited by 3,421 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun, joined by Justice Brennan, Justice White, and Justice Marshall
• Like its companions,1 this case involves a claim of a State’s unconstitutional interference with the decision to terminate pregnancy. The particular object of the challenge is a Missouri statute excluding abortions that are not “medically indicated” from the purposes for which Medicaid benefits are available to needy persons. In its present posture, however, the case presents two issues not going to the merits of this dispute. The first is whether the plaintiff-appellees, as physicians who perform nonmedically indicated abortions, have standing to maintain the suit, to which we answer that…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by3,421 opinions
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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