Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic

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Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 16, 1991
Reargued October 6, 1992
Decided January 13, 1993
Full case name: Jayne Bray, et al., Petinioners v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic et al.
Citations: 506 U.S. 263
Holding
The first clause of 1985(3) does not provide a federal cause of action against persons obstructing access to abortion clinics.
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist
Associate Justices: Byron White, Harry Blackmun, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority by: Scalia
Joined by: Rehnquist, White, Kennedy, Thomas
Concurrence by: Kennedy
Concurrence by: Souter
Dissent by: Stevens
Joined by: Blacknum
Dissent by: O'Connor
Joined by: Blacknum

Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic, 506 U.S. 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.

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