Hodgson v. Minnesota

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Hodgson v. Minnesota
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 29, 1989 Decided June 25, 1990
Full case name: Jane Elizabeth Hodgson, et al. v. Minnesota, et al. Citations: 497 U.S. 417; 110 S. Ct. 2926; 111 L. Ed. 2d 344; 1990 U.S. LEXIS 3303; 58 U.S.L.W. 4957 Prior history: Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
Majority by: Stevens (parts I, II, IV, VII) Joined by: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, O'Connor Concurrence by: Stevens (part III) Joined by: Brennan Concurrence by: Stevens (parts V, VI) Joined by: O'Connor Concurrence by: O'Connor Concurrence/dissent by: Marshall Joined by: Brennan, Blackmun Concurrence/dissent by: Scalia Concurrence/dissent by: Kennedy Joined by: Rehnquist, White, Scalia Dissent by: Stevens (part VIII)
Laws applied
Minn. Stat. §§ 144.343(2)-(7) (1988)

Hodgson v. Minnesota, 497 U.S. 417 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court abortion rights case that dealt with according to which a state law may require notification of both parents before a minor can obtain an abortion, as long as a judicial alternative is present.

[edit] See also

• Jane Elizabeth Hodgson

[edit] References

• Text of the case courtesy of FindLaw
• OYEZ Project Hodgson v. Minnesota