Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.
2011 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., 564 U.S. 552 (2011),[1] is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Vermont statute that restricted the sale, disclosure, and use of records that revealed the prescribing practices of individual doctors violated the First Amendment.[upper-alpha 1]
Quick Facts Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., Argued April 26, 2011 Decided June 27, 2011 ...
Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. | |
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Argued April 26, 2011 Decided June 27, 2011 | |
Full case name | Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, et al. v. IMS Health Inc. et al. |
Docket no. | 10-779 |
Citations | 564 U.S. 552 (more) 131 S. Ct. 2653; 180 L. Ed. 2d 544; 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4794 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Judgement for defendants, 631 F. Supp. 2d 434 (D. Vt. 2009); reversed and remanded, 630 F.3d 263 (2nd Cir. 2010); cert. granted, 562 U.S. 1127 (2011). |
Holding | |
A Vermont statute that restricted the sale, disclosure, and use of records that revealed the prescribing practices of individual doctors violated the First Amendment. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor |
Dissent | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg, Kagan |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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