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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, et al. v. ROBERT P. CASEY, et al., ETC. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 29, 1992
Date Argument	April 22, 1992
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	505 U.S. 833 112 S. Ct. 2791 1992 U.S. LEXIS 4751 120 L. Ed. 2d 674
Docket	91-744

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Petitioner	health organization or person, nursing home, medical clinic or laboratory, chiropractor
Respondent	State Pennsylvania

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	PRIVACY Abortion: Including Contraceptives CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourteenth Amendment (due process)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality O'Connor Kennedy Souter special concurrence Blackmun Stevens dissent White Rehnquist Scalia Thomas

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1991-117-01

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