DON STENBERG, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEBRASKA, et al. v. LEROY CARHART (2000) - Ballotpedia

Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.

From Ballotpedia

Jump to: navigation, search

DON STENBERG, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEBRASKA, et al. v. LEROY CARHART

Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 2000
Decided: June 28, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • David Souter
Concurring
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

DON STENBERG, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEBRASKA, et al. v. LEROY CARHART is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 2000. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 2000.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1990s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Abortion: including contraceptives
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Nebraska
Respondent type: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 530 U.S. 914
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

v • e

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Active justices

Chief justice: Roberts
Associate justices: Alito • Barrett • Gorsuch • Jackson • Kagan • Kavanaugh • Sotomayor • Thomas

Senior justices

Breyer • Kennedy • Souter

Former chief justices

Burger • Chase • Ellsworth • Fuller • Hughes • Jay • Marshall • Rehnquist • Rutledge • Stone • Taft • Taney • Vinson • Waite • Warren •

Former associate justices

O'Connor • Baldwin • Barbour • Black • Blackmun • Blair • Blatchford • Bradley • Brandeis • Brennan • Brewer • Brown • Burton • Butler • Byrnes • Campbell • Cardozo • Catron • Chase • Clark • Clarke • Clifford • Curtis • Cushing • Daniel • Davis • Day • Douglas • Duvall • Field • Fortas • Frankfurter • Ginsburg • Goldberg • Gray • Grier • Harlan I • Harlan II • Holmes • Hunt • Iredell • H. Jackson • R. Jackson • T. Johnson • W. Johnson, Jr. • J. Lamar • L. Lamar • Livingston • Lurton • Marshall • Matthews • McKenna • McKinley • McLean • McReynolds • Miller • Minton • Moody • Moore • Murphy • Nelson • Paterson • Peckham • Pitney • Powell • Reed • Roberts • W. Rutledge • Sanford • Scalia • Shiras • Stevens • Stewart • Story • Strong • Sutherland • Swayne • Thompson • Todd • Trimble • Van Devanter • Washington • Wayne • B. White • Whittaker • Wilson • Woodbury • Woods

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=DON_STENBERG,_ATTORNEY_GENERAL_OF_NEBRASKA,_et_al._v._LEROY_CARHART_(2000)&oldid=9489910"