SIMOPOULOS v. VIRGINIA (1983)

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SIMOPOULOS v. VIRGINIA
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: November 30, 1982
Decided: June 15, 1983
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

SIMOPOULOS v. VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1983. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1982.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Privacy - Abortion: including contraceptives
  • Petitioner: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 462 U.S. 506
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Lewis Powell

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.

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Footnotes

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