Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, 420 U.S. 636

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 (1975), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which unanimously held that the gender-based distinction under of the Social Security Act of 1935—which permitted widows but not widowers to collect special benefits while caring for minor children—violated the right to equal protection secured by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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Opinion

Justice Brennan wrote in the Court's opinion:

See also

• Gender equality
  Gender equality
  Gender equality is the goal of the equality of the genders, stemming from a belief in the injustice of myriad forms of gender inequality.- Concept :...
  
  
• List of gender equality lawsuits
• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 420
• Califano v. Goldfarb
  Califano v. Goldfarb
  Califano v. Goldfarb, 430 U.S. 199 , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the different treatment of men and women mandated by constituted invidious discrimination against female wage earners by affording them less protection for their surviving spouses than is...
  
  (1977)
• Wengler v. Druggists Mut. Ins. Co. (1980)