Rostker v. Goldberg

E282164

United States Supreme Court case legal case

Rostker v. Goldberg is a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of requiring only men, and not women, to register for the military draft.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bernard Rostker, Director of Selective Service, et al. v. Robert L. Goldberg et al.	1
Rostker v. Goldberg canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ legal case ⓘ
arguedDate	1980-10-07 ⓘ
citation	101 S. Ct. 2646 ⓘ 453 U.S. 57 ⓘ 69 L. Ed. 2d 478 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedBy	Burger Court ⓘ
decidedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
decisionDate	1981-06-25 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
fullCaseName	Rostker v. Goldberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bernard Rostker, Director of Selective Service, et al. v. Robert L. Goldberg et al.
holding	Congress may require only men to register for the draft ⓘ The Military Selective Service Act’s male-only registration requirement does not violate the Fifth Amendment ⓘ
impact	affirmed legality of excluding women from draft registration ⓘ
joinedMajority	Byron R. White ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ surface form: William J. Brennan Jr. (in part)
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfCase	English ⓘ
legalIssue	Equal Protection component of the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ constitutionality of male-only draft registration ⓘ
legalProvision	Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
petitioner	Bernard Rostker ⓘ Selective Service System ⓘ surface form: United States Selective Service System
precedentFor	cases involving gender classifications in military policy ⓘ
rearguedDate	1981-03-24 ⓘ
relatedAreaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ equal protection jurisprudence ⓘ military law ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	judicial deference to Congress in military matters ⓘ
respondent	Robert L. Goldberg ⓘ
result	male-only draft registration upheld as constitutional ⓘ
standardOfReview	deference to Congress in matters of military affairs ⓘ
term	October Term 1980 ⓘ
topic	gender discrimination ⓘ military draft ⓘ selective service ⓘ
yearDecided	1981 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Selective Service Act → associatedCase → Rostker v. Goldberg ⓘ

Rostker v. Goldberg → fullCaseName → Rostker v. Goldberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernard Rostker, Director of Selective Service, et al. v. Robert L. Goldberg et al.