Craig v. Boren
E14413
United States Supreme Court case
constitutional law case
equal protection case
gender discrimination case
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reed v. Reed | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ equal protection case ⓘ gender discrimination case ⓘ |
| appliesTo | gender-based classifications ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
United States constitutional law
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civil rights law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1976-10-05 ⓘ |
| challengedStatute | Oklahoma statute establishing different age limits for the sale of 3.2% beer to males and females ⓘ |
| citation | 429 U.S. 190 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
John Paul Stevens
ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ |
| concurrenceInJudgmentBy | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Equal Protection Clause
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surface form:
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1976-12-20 ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority decision ⓘ |
| defendant | David Boren ⓘ |
| defendantOffice | Governor of Oklahoma ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Harry A. Blackmun
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Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| effect |
limited states' ability to enact gender-discriminatory laws
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strengthened judicial review of sex-based classifications ⓘ |
| fullName | Craig v. Boren self-link ⓘ |
| issue | Constitutionality of different minimum drinking ages for men and women ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Byron R. White
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John Paul Stevens ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| legalHolding |
Gender-based classifications are subject to intermediate scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause
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Statutory sex-based differences must serve important governmental objectives and must be substantially related to achievement of those objectives ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| originatingState | Oklahoma ⓘ |
| plaintiff |
Carolyn Whitener
ⓘ
Curtis Craig ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | binding precedent on federal and state courts in the United States ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
equal protection analysis
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levels of scrutiny ⓘ |
| remedy | Oklahoma statute held unconstitutional as a denial of equal protection ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| standardOfReviewEstablished | intermediate scrutiny ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
equal protection
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gender discrimination ⓘ |
| subsequentCitationFrequency | frequently cited in gender discrimination cases ⓘ |
| volume | 429 ⓘ |
| year | 1976 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Reed v. Reed