Who was the Wade in the Roe v Wade case?

[napi21]

I've been readint so many arguments about Robert's effect on Roe, what if....etc. I decided to go read the SC decision. I'm not an attorney, so it's not easy reading, for sure, but I spent all afternoon reading. I found that Roe was the anonymous name for the plaintiff, I found who her attorney was, I read about abortion laws back in the day of the Roman Empire and how they differed from the law in Greece, but NOTHING was mentioned of the name Wade!

I suppose someone who is involved in the law is going to have to answer this but WHO WAS WADE?

[Hamlette]

1. district attorney, Dallas County n/t

[tx_dem41]

2. DA of Dallas County at the time. n/t

[slackmaster]

3. Attorney General of Texas IIRC - NOT

That's off the top of my head. Your Google results may vary.

OK, I googled him. DA of Dallas Co.

[tx_dem41]

4. Wikipedia entry for Henry Wade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wade

[napi21]

5. THANK YOU ALL!

I should have suspected something like that. I guess what I'm used to seeing is US v XXX or XXX v US because most of the cases I've read were argued by the US Feds.

Thanks.

I must say, it was enlightening, reading just how far these arguments have really gone! It was quite a shocker that the Greeks & Romans had laws governing abortion! The RW make it seem like this is all the Dems in the 70" who destroyed the world!

[Beaver Tail]

6. I perfer to float