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National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Idaho

National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Idaho National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Idaho Carmen, Administrator of General Services v. Idaho Carmen, Administrator of General Services v. Idaho

Nat'l Org. for Women, Inc. v. Idaho, 459 U.S. 809 (1982)
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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
October 4, 1982
Docket
Nos. 81-1282; No. 81-1283; No. 81-1312; No. 81-1313
Citations
459 U.S. 809103 S. Ct. 22

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Appeal from D. C. Idaho. [Probable jurisdiction postponed, 455 U. S. 918 ];

C. A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari before judgment granted, 455 U. S. 918 ];

Appeal from D. C. Idaho. [Probable jurisdiction postponed, 455 U. S. 918 ]; and

C. A. 9th Cir. [Certiorari before judgment granted, 455 U. S. 918 .] Upon consideration of the memorandum for the Administrator of General Services suggesting mootness, filed July 9, 1982, and the responses thereto, the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho is vacated and the cases are remanded to that court with instructions to dismiss the complaints as moot. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U. S. 36 (1950).

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  • (vacating decision striking down as unconstitutional a congressional joint resolution extending time to ratify the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, after the extension had passed without the requisite number of state ratifications, and directing dismissal of complaint as moot)

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  4. Commonwealth of Virginia v. FerrieroNo. 2020-0242 (D.D.C. Mar. 5, 2021)
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  6. American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Eu686 P.2d 609 (Cal. 1984)

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  2. Williams v. The People of the State of CaliforniaNo. 1:22-cv-00509 (E.D. Cal. July 27, 2022)
  3. Commonwealth of Virginia v. FerrieroNo. 2020-0242 (D.D.C. Mar. 5, 2021)
  4. Equal Means Equal v. David FerrieroNo. 1:20-cv-10015 (D. Mass. Aug. 6, 2020)
  5. Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment(OLC Jan. 6, 2020)
  6. Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment(OLC Jan. 6, 2020)

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United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950) 1,736

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