Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic

Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants = Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic
ArgueDate = October 16
ArgueYear = 1991
ReargueDate = October 6
ReargueYear = 1992
DecideDate = January 13
DecideYear = 1993
FullName = Jayne Bray, et al., Petinioners v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic et al.
USVol = 506
USPage = 263
Citation =
Prior =
Subsequent =
Holding = The first clause of 1985(3) does not provide a federal cause of action against persons obstructing access to abortion clinics.
SCOTUS = 1991-1993
Majority = Scalia
JoinMajority = Rehnquist, White, Kennedy, Thomas
Concurrence = Kennedy
JoinConcurrence =
Concurrence2 = Souter
JoinConcurrence2 =
Dissent = Stevens
JoinDissent = Blackmun
Dissent2 = O'Connor
JoinDissent2 = Blackmun
LawsApplied =

Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic, ussc|506|263|1993 was a United States abortion rights case (January 13, 1993), which affirmed that Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 could not be used to halt blockades of abortion clinics.

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 506


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