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Califano v. Goldfarb

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Advocates
Keith A. Jones (Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, argued the cause for the appellant)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (argued the cause for the appellee)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
75-699
Appellant: 
Goldfarb
Appellee: 
Califano
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
430 U.S. 199 (1977)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 5, 1976
Decided: 
Wednesday, March 2, 1977
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Sex Discrimination
Categories: 
fourteenth amendment, equal protection, social security

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The Oyez Project, Califano v. Goldfarb , 430 U.S. 199 (1977)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1976/1976_75_699)
(last visited Sunday, July 5, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Goldfarb, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Social Security, as amended, including Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act, but excluding Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children

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Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Burger
Wrote the judgment of the Court
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Rehnquist's dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist
Wrote a special concurrence
Stevens

Judgment of the Court by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.