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The Court finds that an abortion statute that forbids all abortions except in the case of a life saving procedure on behalf of the mother is unconstitutional based upon the right to privacy. However, it does allow for regulation and proscription of abortion when the statute is narrowly tailored to uphold a compelling state interest, such as the ...
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Brief Fact Summary. William Marbury (Marbury), an end-of-term appointee of President John Adams (President Adams) to a justice of the peace position in the District of Columbia, brought suit against President Thomas Jefferson’s (President Jefferson) Secretary of State, James Madison, seeking delivery of his commission. Synopsis of Rule of Law.
Brief Fact Summary. The Supreme Court of the United States invoked the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to strike down laws that permitted racial segregation in public schools. Synopsis of Rule of Law.
Brief Fact Summary. Plaintiffs Normile and Segal both attempted to purchase a piece of real estate from Defendant Miller. Normile first submitted a bid, but Plaintiff responded with a counteroffer. Prior to Normile’s acceptance of Defendant’s counteroffer, Defendant sold the property to Segal. Synopsis of Rule of Law.
Civil Rights Cases Brief Citation109 U.S. 3 (1883) Brief Fact Summary. The Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court) declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 (the Act) invalid because Congress did not have the constitutional power to make such a law.
Brief Fact Summary. A Louisiana statute required railroad companies to provide separate, but equal accommodations for its Black and White passengers. The Plaintiff, Plessy (Plaintiff), was prosecuted under the statute after he refused to leave the section of a train reserved for whites.
Brief Fact Summary. Hawaii and several other states and groups challenged Presidential Proclamation 9645 (the “Proclamation”) and two predecessor executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, which restricted travel into the U.S. by people from several nations.
Brief Fact Summary. A group of same-sex couples sued their relevant state agencies to challenge the constitutionality of their states’ bans on same-sex marriage or refusal to recognize legal same-sex marriages that occurred in jurisdictions that provided for such marriages. Synopsis of Rule of Law.