June Medical Services LLC v. Russo
140 S. Ct. 2103 · Decided June 29, 2020 · Supreme Court of the United States
At a glance
June Medical Services LLC v. Russo was decided on June 29, 2020 by a vote of 5–4. The Court reversed the lower court's decision. Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote the opinion announcing the judgment of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Abortion and contraceptives” in the Privacy area. SCDB records that the Court declared a state or territorial law, regulation or constitutional provision unconstitutional.
Read the opinion
- CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
- Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2019
- Supreme Court of the United States — docket 18-1323
Case details
- Citations
- 140 S. Ct. 2103 · 207 L. Ed. 2d 566 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3516
- Docket number
- 18-1323
- Decided
- June 29, 2020
- Argued
- March 4, 2020
- Court era
- Roberts Court
- Decision type
- Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority opinion
- Stephen G. Breyer
- Opinion assigned by
- John G. Roberts Jr.
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue (SCDB)
- Abortion and contraceptives
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Legal provision
- Fourteenth Amendment (due process)
- Type of law
- Constitutional amendment
- Held unconstitutional
- A state or territorial law, regulation or constitutional provision
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Clarence Thomas | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority | |
| Justice Stephen G. Breyer | Judgment of the Court | Wrote an opinion |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Sonia Sotomayor | Majority | |
| Justice Elena Kagan | Majority | |
| Justice Neil M. Gorsuch | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
Full case caption
June Medical Services LLC v. Russo
SCDB identifiers: case 2019-040, docket 2019-040-01.
Related decisions
Other cases on “Abortion and contraceptives”
- Box v. Planned Parenthood of Ind. & Ky.
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health OrganizationAltered precedent
- National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. BecerraLaw held unconstitutional
- Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
- Moyle v. United States
- Whole Woman's Health v. HellerstedtLaw held unconstitutional
Cases on the same legal provision: Fourteenth Amendment (due process)
- Kahler v. Kansas
- Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court
- North Carolina Department of Revenue v. the Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family TrustLaw held unconstitutional
- Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Ca.
- BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell
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