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Legal Citation: 429 U.S. 589 (1977)

Appellant
Whalen, Commissioner of Health New York

Appellees
Roe, et al.

Appellant's Claim
A New York state law requiring that the names of prescription drug users be sent to a computer for record-keeping did not violate the constitutional right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
A. Seth Greenwald

Chief Lawyer for Appellees
Michael Lesch

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
22 February 1977

Decision
The Court upheld a New York State law...