Christy Brzonkala v. Antonio J. Morrison et al.

E863826

U.S. Supreme Court case landmark case

Christy Brzonkala v. Antonio J. Morrison et al. is a landmark 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down parts of the Violence Against Women Act as exceeding Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	United States v. Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ
arguedDate	1999-01-11 ⓘ
challengedStatute	Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 13981 NERFINISHED ⓘ
citation	529 U.S. 598 ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedUnder	Rehnquist Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionDate	2000-05-15 ⓘ
dissentBy	David H. Souter NERFINISHED ⓘ John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
docketNumber	99-5 ⓘ
fullCaseName	United States, Petitioner v. Antonio J. Morrison et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicContext	Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
holding	The civil remedy provision of the Violence Against Women Act exceeds Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ The civil remedy provision of the Violence Against Women Act is not valid legislation under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
impact	limited use of Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to remedy private conduct ⓘ restricted Congress’s ability to regulate non-economic violent crime under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
joinedMajority	Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Antonin Scalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal law NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalIssue	Congress’s enforcement power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act civil remedy ⓘ scope of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatingParty	Christy Brzonkala NERFINISHED ⓘ
proceduralHistory	arose from a civil suit filed by Christy Brzonkala under the Violence Against Women Act ⓘ reviewed a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ
rearguedDate	1999-10-05 ⓘ
relatedPerson	Antonio J. Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Christy Brzonkala NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	United States v. Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ
respondent	Antonio J. Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ James Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	civil damages remedy in 42 U.S.C. § 13981 declared unconstitutional ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ gender discrimination ⓘ
topic	federalism ⓘ gender-motivated violence ⓘ limits on congressional power ⓘ
year	2000 ⓘ

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