| Califano v. Goldfarb | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Supreme Court of the United States |
||||||
| Argued October 5, 1976 Decided March 2, 1977 |
||||||
| Full case name | Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Leon Goldfarb | |||||
| Citations | 430 U.S. 199 (more) 97 S.Ct. 1021; 51 L.Ed.2d 270 |
|||||
| Prior history | Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |||||
| Holding | ||||||
| The gender-based distinction created by 42 U.S.C. § 402(f)(1)(D) violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. | ||||||
| Court membership | ||||||
|
||||||
| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | Brennan, joined by White, Marshall, Powell | |||||
| Concurrence | Stevens | |||||
| Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by Burger, Stewart, Blackmun | |||||
Califano v. Goldfarb, 430 U.S. 199 (1977), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the different treatment of men and women mandated by 42 U.S.C. § 402(f)(1)(D) constituted invidious discrimination against female wage earners by affording them less protection for their surviving spouses than is provided to male employees, and therefore violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.