Califano v. Goldfarb

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Califano_v._Goldfarb

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	1976-11-01
gptkbp:citation	430 U.S. 199
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Stevens
gptkbp:constitution	gptkb:Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	1977-03-23
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Chief_Justice_Burger gptkb:Justice_Rehnquist gptkb:Justice_Stewart gptkb:Justice_Blackmun
gptkbp:docketNumber	75-699
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Joseph_A._Califano,_Jr.,_Secretary_of_Health,_Education,_and_Welfare_v._Leon_Goldfarb
gptkbp:heldBy	A provision of the Social Security Act that required widowers, but not widows, to prove dependency on their deceased spouse to receive survivors' benefits violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:Social_Security_Act gender discrimination
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Stevens gptkb:Justice_Marshall gptkb:Justice_Powell gptkb:Justice_White gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Weinberger_v._Wiesenfeld
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Joan_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Califano v. Goldfarb