Vivian Marie Thompson
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Vivian Marie Thompson was the welfare recipient whose legal challenge to state residency requirements for public assistance led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Shapiro v. Thompson, which strengthened the constitutional right to travel.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vivian Marie Thompson canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
litigant
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person ⓘ welfare recipient ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism | welfare rights (through litigation) ⓘ |
| associatedLegalPrinciple |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
NERFINISHED
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constitutional right to travel ⓘ right to interstate migration ⓘ |
| caseCitation | Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseDecisionYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| caseOutcomeImpact | strengthened the constitutional right to travel ⓘ |
| caseType |
constitutional law case
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welfare benefits case ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| fullName | Vivian Marie Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | central figure in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on welfare and mobility rights ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent right-to-travel jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfCase | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalClaim | state residency requirement for welfare violated the Constitution ⓘ |
| legalClaimBasis |
violation of equal protection
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violation of the constitutional right to travel ⓘ |
| legalIssueChallenged |
durational residency requirements for welfare benefits
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state residency requirements for public assistance ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the named welfare recipient in Shapiro v. Thompson ⓘ |
| opposedBy | state welfare officials ⓘ |
| partyToCase | Shapiro v. Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInCase | plaintiff ⓘ |
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