FAISON

v.

WASHINGTON

Citator

Cited By

• Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (U.S. 1979)
  …t 856. The “independent” parental rights protected by § 12S, as the court understood them, were wholly distinct from the best interests of the minor.8 B Appellants sought review in this Court, and we noted probable jurisdiction. Bellotti v. Baird, 423 U. S. 982 (1975). After briefing and oral argument, it became apparent that § 12S was susceptible of a construction that “would avoid or substantially modify the federal constitutional challenge to the statute.” Bellotti v. Baird, 428 U. S. 132, 148 (1976) (B…
• Bellotti v. Baird, 428 U.S. 132 (U.S. 1976)
  …n. 15. [*143] Both appellants and intervenor-appellant appealed. We noted probable jurisdiction of each appeal and set the cases for oral argument with Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth, ante, p. 52, and its companion cross-appeal. 423 U. S. 982 (1975). Ill Appellants and intervenor-appellant attack the District Court’s majority decision on a number of grounds. They argue, inter alia, and each in their or her own way, that § 12P properly preserves the primacy of the family unit by reinfor…