State v. Meacham

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• interests of child and State in paternity action prevail over privacy rights of putative parent in regards to compelled blood tests
• interests of child and State in paternity action prevail over privacy rights of putative parent in regards to compelled blood tests
• court ordered blood test in proceedings to establish paternity a search, but not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment
• provision in Uniform Parentage Act requiring blood test for putative fathers was compelling state interest as against religious beliefs
• provision in Uniform Parentage Act requiring blood test for putative fathers was compelling state interest as against religious beliefs
• State has a compelling interest in requiring blood tests for putative fathers, under the Uniform Farentage Act, although providing blood was against the complaining parties’ religious beliefs

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Cited by

57 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McDaniels v. Carlson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-06-11· cited 210×
• State v. Athan
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-05-10· cited 154×
• State v. Judge
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-01-05· cited 117×
• State v. Olivas
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-08-12· cited 98×
• State v. Santos
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-07-11· cited 90×
• York v. Wahkiakum School Dist. No. 200
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-03-13· cited 72×
• In Re Juveniles A, B, C, D, E
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-03-11· cited 69×
• York v. Wahkiakum School District No. 200
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-03-13· cited 68×
• State v. Motherwell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-03-22· cited 66×
• Farnam v. Crista Ministries
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-05-15· cited 66×
• Myrick v. Board of Pierce County Commissioners
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-09-21· cited 54×
• Robinson v. City of Seattle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-10-02· cited 53×
• In Re Parentage of JMK
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-09-15· cited 51×
• In Re the Marriage of Johnson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-10-15· cited 50×
• Brock v. Kepl
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-09-15· cited 48×
• State v. Surge
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-04-19· cited 47×
• State Ex Rel. Buechler v. Vinsand
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-04-21· cited 38×
• State v. Balzer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-04-17· cited 37×
• Grant v. Spellman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-06-16· cited 36×
• In Interest of JM
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1991-12-02· cited 31×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Schmerber v. California
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-20· cited 6,067×
• Rochin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1952-01-02· cited 3,286×
• Wisconsin v. Yoder
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-15· cited 3,250×
• Whalen v. Roe
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 1,722×
• United States v. Ballard
  Supreme Court· 1944-04-24· cited 522×
• Gomez v. Perez
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-17· cited 466×
• State v. Wood
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-09-29· cited 74×
• State v. Douty
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-11-29· cited 52×
• State v. Lotze
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-04-19· cited 33×
• State v. Bowen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-07-06· cited 17×
• State v. Coffey
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-02-19· cited 13×
• Kallas v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-03-03· cited 6×

Other cases named State v. Meacham

8 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• State v. Meacham
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-02-09· cited 7×
• State v. Meacham
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-02-14
• State v. Meacham
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-12-21
• State v. Meacham
  Montana Supreme Court· 2016-12-20
• State v. Meacham
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-04-13
• State v. Meacham
  Cuyahoga Circuit Court· 1891-09-15
• State v. Meacham
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2022-01-26
• State v. Meacham
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-12-18