Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Westcott et al. (443 U.S. 76)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 25, 1979 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 443 U.S. 76 · 99 S. Ct. 2655
- Decided
- June 25, 1979
- Term
- October Term 1978
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Blackmun
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- Federal law held unconstitutional
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