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Computed by Benchlight The Supreme Court publishes no panel, because every participating justice takes part. Benchlight therefore lists the justices commissioned and in active service on June 29, 2020, from Federal Judicial Center service records. Recusals are shown only where the source records them, so a justice who did not participate may still appear here.

Case history

  • June 29, 2020
    decided Decision issued in June Medical Services L. L. C. v. Russo

Opinions and writings

Lead opinion By Stephen Gerald Breyer June 29, 2020

I A In March 2014, five months after Texas' admitting-privileges requirement forced the closure of half of that State's abortion clinics, Louisiana's Legislature began to hold hearings to consider a substantially identical proposal. Compare Whole Woman's Health , 579 U. S., at ---- - ----, 136 S.Ct., at 2299-2300…

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Opinion By Stephen Gerald Breyer June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2019 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit…

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Concurrence Author not recorded June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

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Dissent Author not recorded June 29, 2020

Justice KAVANAUGH, dissenting. I join Parts I, II, and III of Justice ALITO's dissent. A threshold question in this case concerns the proper standard for evaluating state abortion laws. The Louisiana law at issue here requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion clinic. The State asks us to assess the law by applying the undue burden standard of Pla…

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Dissent By Clarence Thomas June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

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Dissent By Samuel A. Alito Jr. June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

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Dissent Author not recorded June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

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Dissent By Brett M. Kavanaugh June 29, 2020 Slip opinion

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