Steven A. v. Rickie M.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding unconstitutional statutory scheme whereby unwed biological mother could prevent unwed biological father from attaining status of presumed father, whose consent is required for adoption of nonmarital child
• stating “we must not read too much into Michael H.,” and relying on that ease for the proposition that five justices recognized unwed father’s liberty interest
• father must \promptly come forward and demonstrate a full commitment to his parental responsibilities\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Jasmon O.
  California Supreme Court· 1994-09-02· cited 434×
• In Re Marriage of Burgess
  California Supreme Court· 1996-04-15· cited 383×
• In Re Zacharia D.
  California Supreme Court· 1993-12-06· cited 330×
• In the Interest of J.W.T.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-03-30· cited 330×
• People v. Superior Court (Zamudio)
  California Supreme Court· 2000-07-12· cited 322×
• In Re Justice P.
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-10-20· cited 256×
• Freedom Newspapers, Inc. v. Orange County Employees Retirement System Board of Directors
  California Supreme Court· 1993-12-23· cited 229×
• Curle v. Superior Court of Shasta County
  California Supreme Court· 2001-02-08· cited 161×
• In Re Jason J.
  California Court of Appeal· 2009-07-09· cited 151×
• Heart of Adoptions, Inc. v. JA
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-12· cited 135×
• People v. Broussard
  California Supreme Court· 1993-09-02· cited 128×
• Estate of Griswold
  California Supreme Court· 2001-06-21· cited 126×
• Adoption of Michael H.
  California Supreme Court· 1995-07-31· cited 123×
• Kessel v. Leavitt
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-07-22· cited 122×
• Williams v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 122×
• In Re Jerry P.
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-02-27· cited 119×
• Big Creek Lumber Co. v. County of Santa Cruz
  California Supreme Court· 2006-06-29· cited 116×
• Johnson v. Calvert
  California Supreme Court· 1993-05-20· cited 114×
• GLEN C. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-02-24· cited 112×
• In Re Nicholas H.
  California Supreme Court· 2002-07-17· cited 99×

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Craig v. Boren
  Supreme Court· 1976-12-20· cited 2,156×
• Lehr v. Robertson
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-27· cited 1,333×
• Quilloin v. Walcott
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-06· cited 1,234×
• Caban v. Mohammed
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-24· cited 738×
• Michael H. v. Gerald D.
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 719×
• Morey v. Doud
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 570×
• In Re Marriage of Brown
  California Supreme Court· 1976-01-16· cited 507×
• Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services Agency
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-30· cited 469×
• Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1989-04-27· cited 341×
• Brown v. Brown
  California Supreme Court· 1976-01-16· cited 161×
• Newman v. Emerson Radio Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1989-05-25· cited 159×
• People v. Williams
  California Supreme Court· 1976-04-02· cited 155×
• Blythe v. Ayres
  California Supreme Court· 1892-11-30· cited 136×
• California Housing Finance Agency v. Elliott
  California Supreme Court· 1976-07-21· cited 130×
• In re Raquel Marie X.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1990-07-10· cited 121×
• Clevenger v. Clevenger
  California Court of Appeal· 1961-03-03· cited 111×
• In Re Adoption of BGS
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1990-02-05· cited 100×
• Michael U. v. Jamie B.
  California Supreme Court· 1985-09-19· cited 96×
• Adoption of Alexander S.
  California Supreme Court· 1988-03-17· cited 96×