Christy Brzonkala

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person plaintiff sexual assault survivor

Christy Brzonkala is a former Virginia Tech student whose allegations of sexual assault led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Morrison, which limited Congress’s power under the Violence Against Women Act.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	person ⓘ plaintiff ⓘ sexual assault survivor ⓘ
allegedAssailant	Antonio Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ James Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ
allegedAssaultLocation	Virginia Tech campus NERFINISHED ⓘ
allegedAssaultState	Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithLegalIssue	Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ gender-motivated violence as a federal civil rights issue ⓘ scope of the Commerce Clause ⓘ
caseImpact	limitation of Congress’s power to create a federal civil remedy for gender-motivated violence ⓘ limitation of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ narrowing of the Violence Against Women Act civil remedy ⓘ
caseLedTo	United States v. Morrison (2000) Supreme Court decision NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Tech NERFINISHED ⓘ
filedCivilSuit	Brzonkala v. Antonio Morrison and James Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
involvedInCourtCase	Brzonkala v. Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University NERFINISHED ⓘ United States v. Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalClaimBasedOn	Violence Against Women Act of 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalClaimSection	42 U.S.C. § 13981 ⓘ
mediaCoverage	national media attention in the United States ⓘ
name	Christy Brzonkala NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	allegations of sexual assault against Virginia Tech football players ⓘ being the named victim in United States v. Morrison ⓘ being the plaintiff in Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ⓘ
relatedInstitution	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University football program NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Violence Against Women Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInCase	alleged victim in United States v. Morrison ⓘ plaintiff in Brzonkala v. Morrison ⓘ plaintiff in Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ⓘ
significance	central figure in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court federalism case ⓘ her case shaped constitutional limits on federal remedies for gender-based violence ⓘ
timePeriodOfEvents	mid-1990s ⓘ
victimOf	sexual assault ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States, Petitioner v. Antonio J. Morrison et al. → hasParty → Christy Brzonkala ⓘ

subject surface form: United States v. Morrison

Antonio J. Morrison → allegedAssaultOf → Christy Brzonkala ⓘ

Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University → hasPlaintiff → Christy Brzonkala ⓘ

Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University → involvesParty → Christy Brzonkala ⓘ