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Facts of the case. In 1994, while enrolled at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), Christy Brzonkala alleged that Antonio Morrison and James Crawford, both students and varsity football players at Virginia Tech, raped her. In 1995, Brzonkala filed a complaint against Morrison and Crawford under Virginia Tech's Sexual Assault Policy.
Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that parts of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 were unconstitutional because they exceeded the powers granted to the US Congress under the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
United States v. Morrison: Federalism principles are violated when the federal government gives women harmed by gender-based violence standing to sue assailants in federal court.
Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000) Case Summary of United States v. Morrison: Virginia Tech freshman Christy Brzonkala accused fellow classmates Antonio Morrison and James Crawford of raping her. Brzonkala sought justice through the school’s sexual assault policy, and Morrison was found guilty of sexual assault. He was suspended for two semesters.
Brief Fact Summary. The Respondent, Morrison (Respondent), was sued under part of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (Act), which penalized crimes of violence motivated by gender. Now Respondent argues this section of the Act is beyond the scope of Congress’ power to regulate commerce.
Facts of the Case. Provided by Oyez. In 1994, while enrolled at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), Christy Brzonkala alleged that Antonio Morrison and James Crawford, both students and varsity football players at Virginia Tech, raped her.
Morrison was a case decided on May 15, 2000, by the United States Supreme Court in which the court held that parts of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 were unconstitutional because they exceeded the powers granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause and the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Brzonkala and the United States government (plaintiffs) brought suit against Morrison, Crawford, and Virginia Tech under the VAWA in federal district court. Morrison challenged the VAWA as an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s Commerce Clause powers.
In United States v. Morrison (2000), the Supreme Court held that this provision exceeded Congress’s enumerated powers. Morrison, like Lopez five years earlier, yielded a five-to-four split, with Chief Justice Rehnquist writing the opinion of the Court.
UNITED STATES V. MORRISON 529 U.S. 598 (2000) INTRODUCTION On September 13, 1994, § 13981, also known as the Civil Rights Remedy, of the Violence Against Women Act was signed into law by President Clinton.1 Section 13981 provided a “federal substantive right to all persons within the United States to be free from crimes