From our private database of 22,300+ case briefs...
Saenz v. Roe
United States Supreme Court
526 U.S. 489 (1999)
Facts
In 1992, the State of California passed a new statute which limited the maximum amount of welfare benefits available to a family residing in the state for less than twelve months to the amount payable by the state of the family’s prior residence. Roe (plaintiff) was a California resident seeking benefits who brought a class action suit against Saenz, Director of California’s Department of Social Services (defendant), on behalf of herself and other first-year state residents. The lower courts held for Roe, and the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Stevens, J.)
Dissent (Rehnquist, C.J.)
Dissent (Thomas, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 517,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 22,300 briefs, keyed to 984 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.
