Legal Opinion
Califano v. Goldfarb
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 2, 1977No. 75-699PublishedCited by 383 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan, joined by Justice White, Justice Marshall, and Justice Powell
Under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits (OASDI) program, 42 U. S. C. §§ 401-431 (1970 ed. and Supp. V), survivors’ benefits based on the earnings of a deceased husband covered by the Act are payable to his widow. Such benefits on the basis of the earnings of a deceased wife covered by the Act are payable to the widower, however, only if he “was receiving at least one-half of his support” from his deceased wife.1 The question in this case is *202whether this gender-based distinction violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by383 opinions
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Mississippi University for Women v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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