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| Tennessee v. Lane | |
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| Argued January 13, 2004 Decided May 17, 2004 | |
| Full case name | Tennessee, Petitioner v. George Lane et al. |
| Citations | 541 U.S. 509 (more) 124 S. Ct. 1978; 158 L. Ed. 2d 820 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Lane v. Tennessee, 315 F.3d 680 (6th Cir. 2003); cert. granted, 539 U.S. 941 (2003). |
| Holding | |
| Congress has the power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to abrogate the States' sovereign immunity in cases implicating the fundamental right of access to the courts. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stevens, joined by O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Concurrence | Souter, joined by Ginsburg |
| Concurrence | Ginsburg, joined by Souter, Breyer |
| Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by Kennedy, Thomas |
| Dissent | Scalia |
| Dissent | Thomas |
Tennessee v. Lane, 541 U.S. 509 (2004), was a case in the Supreme Court of the United States involving Congress's enforcement powers under section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.[1]
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