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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1368.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 3-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1368.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 3-5"}]}],"slug":"2002-01-1368-nevada-dept-of-human-resources-v-hibbs","term":"2002","title":"Can states deny FMLA leave to fathers?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 25-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1368.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 25-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1368.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 38, lines 15-59","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1368.pdf","page_label":"file page 38, lines 15-59"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 49, lines 1-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1368.pdf","page_label":"file page 49, lines 1-11"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 51, lines 23-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/01-1368.pdf","page_label":"file page 51, lines 23-27"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}