O'Brien v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
768 F. Supp. 2d 804 (2011)
- Written by Haley Gintis, JD
Facts
In 2009, the City of Baltimore (defendant) enacted an ordinance under which all pregnancy-related organizations that did not provide birth-control or abortion services must post a sign in the waiting room indicating that such services were not offered. After the ordinance was enacted, the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. (center) (plaintiff), a Catholic organization that did not offer birth-control or abortion services because of religious beliefs, filed suit against the city. The center argued that the ordinance violated the Free Speech Clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Garbis, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 832,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,500 briefs, keyed to 994 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.