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Atkinson v. Hall
Hall, the defendant, had a relationship with Atkinson, the plaintiff, and the two engaged in sexual intercourse. After the affair, Atkinson married another man, George Marshall, and informed Hill that Marshall was the father of her child.
Supreme Court of Maine | 556 A.2d 651 (Me. 1989)
Bradwell v. Illinois
Myra Bradwell asserted her right to a license to practice law in Illinois by virtue of her status as a United States citizen. The judges of the Illinois Supreme Court denied her application with only one judge dissenting.
United States Supreme Court | 83 U.S. 130 (1873)
Clark v. Jeter
A Pennsylvania law required that illegitimate children could seek support from their father only if they could prove paternity and commenced the action to do so within six years. If the child was legitimate, however, there was no statute of limitations and the child could seek support at any time.
United States Supreme Court | 486 U.S. 456 108 S.Ct. 1910 100 L.Ed.2d 465
Cruzan v. Director, MO. Dept. of Health
Cruzan was rendered a vegetable by a car accident in 1983. She was kept alive by life support equipment that gave her nourishment through a tube.
United States Supreme Court | 497 U.S. 261 (1990)
Dike v. School Board
Dike, the plaintiff, worked as a teacher at a School supervised by the defendant School Board. Her husband brought her baby in to breastfeed during her free period.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 650 F.2d 783
Eisenstadt v. Baird
William Baird gave away Emko Vaginal Foam to a woman following his Boston University lecture on birth control and over-population. Massachusetts charged Baird with a felony, to distribute contraceptives to unmarried men or women.
United States Supreme Court | 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
Griswold v. Connecticut
Griswold was the executive director of Planned Parenthood. He was convicted under a Connecticut statute that made it a crime to assist our counsel someone for the purpose of preventing conception.
United States Supreme Court | 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
Loving v. Virginia
A Virgina statute prohibits interracial marriages between whites and blacks. The appellants are an interracial couple who went to D.
United States Supreme Court | 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
McGuire v. McGuire
Lydia McGuire, the plaintiff, was married to Charles McGuire, the defendant. She did all of the cooking and cleaning, but the home finances were left to her husband.
Supreme Court of Nebraska | Neb. Sup. Ct. 59 N.W.2d 336 (1953)
Meyer v. Nebraska
Nebraska, along with other states, prohibited the teaching of modern foreign languages to grade school children. Meyer, who taught German in a Lutheran school, was convicted under this law.
United States Supreme Court | 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
Michael v. Gerald
Michael, the plaintiff, had an adulterous relationship with Gerald, the defendant's, wife. The wife gave birth to a child that was assumed under the law to be child of Gerald.
United States Supreme Court | 491 U.S. 110 109 S.Ct. 2333 105 L.Ed.2d 91
Moore v. City of East Cleveland
The city of East Cleveland, the defendant, adopted a zoning ordinance which prohibited non-family members from residing together in a house. "Family" was defined in such a manner as to exclude many relationships normally included in the traditional definition.
Supreme Court of the United States | 431 U.S. 494 97 S.Ct. 1932 52 L.Ed.2d 531
Planned Parenthood of S.W. Penn. v. Casey
A Pennsylvania statute had five questioned requirements regarding an abortion: informed consent of the woman; 24 hour waiting period after receiving information; informed consent of one parent for minors; notification of the husband; and reporting requirements for abortion facilities..
United States Supreme Court | 505 U. S. 833 (1992)
Roe v. Wade
Roe was a single pregnant woman representing a class action suit against a Texas abortion law that made it a crime to 'procure an abortion' except 'by medical advice for the purpose of saving the life of the mother.'.
United States Supreme Court | 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Sosna v. Iowa
Carol Sosna, the plaintiff, and Michael were married and lived in New York for three years. Carol moved to Iowa, the defendant, with their kids and filed for divorce.
United states Supreme Court | 419 U.S. 393 95 S.Ct. 553 42 L.Ed.2d 532
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