Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County

450 U.S. 464·1981

What the Court Decided

Upheld California's statutory rape law that applied only to males, finding the sex-based classification was substantially related to the state's interest in preventing teenage pregnancy.

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Cited In

Little v. Hecox

2025 Term · 24-38

The U.S. cited it as directly rejecting as-applied challenges under intermediate scrutiny, noting the Court called it 'ludicrous' to require the state's pregnancy-based justification to apply to every individual case.