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MCCULLEN v. COAKLEY (2014)

| MCCULLEN v. COAKLEY |
|---|
| Term: 2013 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 15, 2014 |
| Decided: June 26, 2014 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor |
| Concurring |
| Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
MCCULLEN v. COAKLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 2014. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 2014.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Privacy - Abortion: including contraceptives
- Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: Massachusetts
- Citation: 573 U.S. 464
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
- Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts
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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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