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Mark Lee Dickson v. Whole Woman's Health, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-50792


7%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
95% interval 4%–13%

About 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below and counsel who has filed here before.

Questions presented

  1. Should the Court overrule Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)?

  2. Should the Court overrule Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016), which refused to enforce an explicit severability requirement in a state abortion statute? (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jonathan F. Mitchell
Mitchell Law PLLC

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Privacy (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
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Related
Vide, 21-463, 21-583, 21-587

Proceedings

  1. Oct 21 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due November 22, 2021)