Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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Citation136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016) Brief Fact Summary. The petitioner challenged the State of Texas’ House Bill 2 that requires physicians performing an abortion to have active admitting privileges and that the minimum standards for an abortion facility be equivalent to the minimum standards adopted under the Texas Health and Safety Code.     Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Court will consider burdens a law imposes on abortion access and if they outweigh the benefits, they may be deemed unconstitutional.     ...

District of Columbia v. Heller
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Citation554 U.S. 570 (2008) Brief Fact Summary. The District of Columbia had various prohibitions that worked to prohibit most handgun possession.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms regardless of whether an exercise of the right is connected to militia service.   ...

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services
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Citation136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016) Brief Fact Summary. The petitioner challenges the State of Texas’ House Bill 2 that requires physicians performing an abortion to have active admitting privileges and that the minimum standards for an abortion facility be equivalent to the minimum standards adopted under the Texas Health and Safety Code.     Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Court must consider the burdens a law imposes on abortion access together with the benefits.     ...

District of Columbia v. Heller
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Citation554 U.S. 570 (2008) Brief Fact Summary. Respondent challenged the District of Columbia’s prohibition on the possession of usable handguns in the home for the violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment confers an individual right to keep and bear arms.   ...

District of Columbia v. Heller
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Citation. 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008). Brief Fact Summary. Plaintiff challenged a D.C. law limiting handgun possession.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. The right to possess firearms unconnected with militia service and use of the firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, like home protection, is constitutionally lawful under the Second Amendment.   ...

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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Citation. 579 U.S. __, 136 S.Ct. 2292, 195 L.Ed.2d 665 (2016). Brief Fact Summary. Plaintiffs challenged Texas abortion law, arguing the law is unconstitutional.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. If the purpose or effect of the law is to place a substantial burden in the path of a woman seeking an abortion before viability, the law is constitutionally invalid.   ...

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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Citation. 136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016) Brief Fact Summary. Texas passed a law that significantly regulated abortion providers. A group of abortion providers filed suit.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. Under Casey, a state cannot impose an undue burden on the right to an abortion under the U.S. Constitution.   ...

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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Citation___U.S.___, 136 S.Ct. 2292, 195 L.Ed.2d 665 (2016). Brief Fact Summary. Texas’ H.B. 2 contained 2 provisions (admitting privileges requirement and surgical center requirement) that restricted abortion access in the name of promoting women’s health. A group of abortion providers sought to invalidate these provisions for inhibiting a woman’s constitutional right to seek an abortion.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. Regulations that require abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and requiring abortion clinics to have facilities ...

District of Columbia v. Heller
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Citation554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008). Brief Fact Summary. Heller’s application for a one-year license to keep a handgun at home was denied per relevant D.C. law. He brought suit, seeking injunction against enforcement of the law and alleging that the law violated his Second Amendment   Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia and to use firearms for traditionally lawful purposes, including self-defense within the home.   ...

Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
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Citation136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016) Brief Fact Summary. Texas’s House Bill 2 has two provisions that are in dispute to violate the Constitution as interpreted in Casey. The District Court determined that the provisions place an undue burden on the right of women throughout Texas to seek a previability abortion by restricting access to previously available legal facilities. The Court is trying to determine whether the two provisions violate the Constitution as interpreted in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. A statute that furthers a valid ...

Heller v. Boylan
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CitationHeller v. Boylan, 29 N.Y.S.2d 653, 1941 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2131 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1941) Brief Fact Summary. Heller (Plaintiff) and six other stockholders in American Tobacco Company claimed that the bonuses top executives officers were paid were not related to the services for which they were given. Synopsis of Rule of Law. Majority stockholders have no power to give away corporate property against the protest of the minority if a bonus payment has no relation to the value of services for which it is given, whereby, it is a gift in part. ...

District of Columbia v. Heller
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Citation128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008) Brief Fact Summary. The District of Columbia has a ban on handguns, and in addition prohibits them from being in the home unless they are disabled.  Respondent Heller brings an action claiming that this complete ban violates the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Synopsis of Rule of Law. the 2nd Amendment extends a right to all individuals to keep firearms, and although the 2nd Amendment is not absolute, a complete ban on a class of weapons (handguns), even for a lawful purpose, violates the constitution. ...

Heller v. Boylan
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CitationHeller v. Boylan, 29 N.Y.S.2d 653, 1941 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2131 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1941) Brief Fact Summary. This is a derivative action brought by 7 out of a total of 62,000 stockholders, (Plaintiffs) holding under 1000 out of a total of over 5 million shares of the American Tobacco Company seeking recovery for the corporation from its directors, (Defendants) for alleged improper payments to certain of its officers. Synopsis of Rule of Law. The duty of the director executives participating in the bonus seems plain – they should be the first to consider unselfishly whet ...

McDonald v. City of Chicago
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Citation561 U.S. 742 (2010) Brief Fact Summary. Some States argue that the Second Amendment that protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense does not apply to the States and that their laws that ban the possession of handguns in the home should be held constitutional.     Synopsis of Rule of Law. Most of the provisions of the Bill of Rights apply with full force to both the federal government and the States. The Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the States.     ...

McDonald v. City of Chicago
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Citation561 U.s. 742 (2010) Brief Fact Summary. Otis McDonald and three other Chicago residents wished to keep handguns in their homes for self-defense but are prohibited from doing so by Chicago’s firearms laws. The petitioners challenged the Chicago statute.     Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense and this provision of the Bill of Rights apply with full force to both the Federal Government and the States.     ...

McDonald v. City of Chicago
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Citation. 561 U.S. 742, 130 S.Ct. 3020, 177 L.Ed.2d 894 (2010). Brief Fact Summary. Following the Heller decision, petitioners filed suit against their respective municipalities. The petitioners argued the ban on handgun in private residences violated their right to keep and bare arms.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment is incorporated through the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and additionally applicable to state and local governments.   ...

McDonald v. City of Chicago
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Citation561 U.S. 742 (2010) Brief Fact Summary. .   Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated against the states by the Due Process Clause.   ...

McDonald v. City of Chicago
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Citation561 U.S. 742, 130 S.Ct. 3020, 177 L.Ed.2d 894 (2010). Brief Fact Summary. Several parties filed suit against their cities challenging their gun bans after District of Columbia v. Heller. The plaintiffs alleged that the Second Amendment was also applicable to the states.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment applies to state and local governments as well as to the federal government.   ...

McDonald v. City of Chicago
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Citation561 U.S. 742 (2010) Brief Fact Summary. Petitioners claim that the right to keep and bear arms is one of the “privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States” but the city of Chicago argues that the laws that ban possession of handguns in the home are constitutional because the Second Amendment does not apply to the States.   Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for one’s self-defense (District of Columbia v. Heller)   ...

McDonald v. City of Chicago
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Citation561 U.S. 742 (2010) Brief Fact Summary. [After the Supreme Court determined that the Second Amendment applied in a challenge to a handgun ban in Washington, D.C., several lawsuits were filed against the cities of Chicago and Oak Park, challenging their gun bans and arguing that the Second Amendment applies to the states.] Synopsis of Rule of Law. The Second Amendment is incorporated through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and applies to the states. ...