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Salus Populi

Educating the Judiciary about the Social Determinants of Health

Seminal Cases Relevant to the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

The following are influential cases that illustrate how the judiciary can affect health.

Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824). (Oyez)
Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905). (Oyez)
Lau v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563 (1974). (Oyez)
Motor Veh. Mfrs Ass'n v. State Farm Ins., 463 U.S. 29 (1983). (Oyez)
Thompson v. Western States Medical Center, 535 U.S. 357, 369 (2002). (Oyez)
Maryville Baptist Church v. Beshear, 957 F.3d 610 (6th Cir. 2020). (US Courts)
First Baptist Church v. Kelly, 2020 WL 1910021 (D. Kan. April 18, 2020). (Case text)

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