Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld
ArgueDate=January 20
ArgueYear=1975
DecideDate=March 19
DecideYear=1975
FullName=Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Stephen Wiesenfeld
USVol=420
USPage=636
Citation=95 S. Ct. 1225
Prior=Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Subsequent=
Holding=The gender-based distinction under 42 U.S.C. § 402(g) of the Social Security Act violates the right to equal protection secured by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
SCOTUS=1972-1975
Majority=Brennan
JoinMajority="unanimous court"
Concurrence=Powell
JoinConcurrence=Burger
Concurrence2=Rehnquist
NotParticipating=Douglas
LawsApplied=

"Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld", 420 U.S. 636 (1975), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which unanimously held that the gender-based distinction under usc|42|402(g) of the Social Security Act of 1935—which permitted widows but not widowers to collect special benefits while caring for minor children—violated the right to equal protection secured by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Opinion

Justice Brennan wrote in the Court's opinion:

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 420
*"Califano v. Goldfarb" (1977)
*"Wengler v. Druggists Mut. Ins. Co." (1980)

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Ahern |first=J. M. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1975 |month= |title=Economic Discrimination—Denial of Social Security Benefits Premised on Gender-Based Classifications Is Unconstitutional—Violates Equal Protection—"Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld" |journal=Akron Law Review |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=166 |issn=0002371X |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Huaco |first=M. B. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1974 |month= |title="Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld": Equal Protection and Sex Classifications in Government Benefit Programs |journal=New Mexico Law Review |volume=5 |issue= |pages=335 |issn=00286214 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External links

* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./420/636/ Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, 420 U.S. 636 (1975)] (opinion full text).