Shapiro v. Thompson

E118716

United States Supreme Court case constitutional law case landmark case right-to-travel case

Shapiro v. Thompson is a landmark 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state laws imposing durational residency requirements for welfare benefits as violations of the constitutional right to travel and equal protection.

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Label	Occurrences
Shapiro v. Thompson canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ right-to-travel case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ welfare law ⓘ
challengedLaw	one-year residency requirement for welfare benefits ⓘ
citation	394 U.S. 618 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1969-04-21 ⓘ
defendant	Abraham D. Shapiro ⓘ
dissentingJustices	Byron R. White ⓘ Hugo L. Black ⓘ John M. Harlan II ⓘ
fullName	Shapiro v. Thompson self-link ⓘ
holding	State durational residency requirements for welfare assistance violate the Equal Protection Clause. ⓘ State durational residency requirements for welfare assistance violate the constitutional right to travel. ⓘ
impact	influenced later right-to-travel jurisprudence ⓘ limited states’ ability to condition welfare benefits on durational residency ⓘ strengthened constitutional protection for the right to interstate travel ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
legalIssue	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment constitutional right to travel ⓘ durational residency requirements for welfare benefits ⓘ
majorityJustices	Abe Fortas ⓘ Earl Warren ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
plaintiff	Vivian Marie Thompson ⓘ
recognizedRight	fundamental right to travel between states ⓘ right of interstate migration ⓘ
relatedCase	Edwards v. California ⓘ Saenz v. Roe ⓘ
relatedConcept	fundamental rights ⓘ interstate migration ⓘ
standardOfReview	strict scrutiny ⓘ
stateInvolved	Connecticut ⓘ District of Columbia ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ
voteSplit	6-3 ⓘ
yearDecided	1969 ⓘ

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Saenz v. Roe → followedPrecedent → Shapiro v. Thompson ⓘ

Shapiro v. Thompson → fullName → Shapiro v. Thompson self-link ⓘ

United States v. Guest → relatedCase → Shapiro v. Thompson ⓘ