Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Insurance Co.

446 U.S. 142 · Decided April 22, 1980 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Insurance Co. was decided on April 22, 1980 by a vote of 8–1. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Byron R. White wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Sex discrimination (excluding employment)” in the Civil Rights area. SCDB records that the Court declared a state or territorial law, regulation or constitutional provision unconstitutional.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Library of Congress — official U.S. Reports scan

Case details

How the Justices voted

Full case caption

Wengler v. Druggists Mutual Insurance Co. et al.

SCDB identifiers: case 1979-074, docket 1979-074-01.

Related decisions

Other cases on “Sex discrimination (excluding employment)”

• Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney
  442 U.S. 256Decided June 5, 19797–2Potter Stewart
• Kirchberg v. FeenstraLaw held unconstitutional
  450 U.S. 455Decided March 23, 19819–0Thurgood Marshall
• Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County (California
  450 U.S. 464Decided March 23, 19815–4William H. Rehnquist
• Parham v. Hughes
  441 U.S. 347Decided April 24, 19795–4Potter Stewart
• Caban v. Mohammed et Ux.Law held unconstitutional
  441 U.S. 380Decided April 24, 19795–4Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Orr v. OrrLaw held unconstitutional
  440 U.S. 268Decided March 5, 19796–3William J. Brennan Jr.

See all

Cases on the same legal provision: Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)

• Carey v. BrownLaw held unconstitutional
  447 U.S. 455Decided June 20, 19806–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Williams v. Zbaraz
  448 U.S. 358Decided June 30, 19805–4Potter Stewart
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.
  449 U.S. 456Decided January 21, 19817–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• Columbus Board of Education v. Penick
  443 U.S. 449Decided July 2, 19797–2Byron R. White
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman
  443 U.S. 526Decided July 2, 19795–4Byron R. White
• Rose v. Mitchell
  443 U.S. 545Decided July 2, 19795–4Harry A. Blackmun

Same Term, same area (Civil Rights)

• Board of Education of the City School District of New York v. Harris
  444 U.S. 130Decided November 28, 19796–3Harry A. Blackmun
• Vance v. Terrazas
  444 U.S. 252Decided January 15, 19805–4Byron R. White
• Martinez v. California
  444 U.S. 277Decided January 15, 19809–0John Paul Stevens
• California Brewers Assn. v. Bryant
  444 U.S. 598Decided February 20, 19804–3Potter Stewart
• United States v. Clark
  445 U.S. 23Decided February 26, 19807–2Thurgood Marshall
• United States v. Clarke
  445 U.S. 253Decided March 18, 19807–2William H. Rehnquist

See all

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error