No. 18-1323October Term 2019Decided Jun 29, 2020
June Medical Services L. L. C. v. Russo
This case concerned a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Jun 29, 2020
- What it's about
This case concerned a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Abortion clinics and doctors argued that the law was effectively the same as a Texas law the Supreme Court had already struck down and that it placed an unconstitutional burden on access to abortion.
Question presented
Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision upholding Louisiana's law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital conflicts with this Court's binding precedent in Whole Woman's Health?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit / Decision released Jun 29, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
Timing
Decided June 29, 2020
The Court released its decision on June 29, 2020 without hearing oral argument.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Jul 3, 2026
- Method
- Methodology