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Person is an entity that is recognized as having legal rights and responsibilities. For example, a person can sue and be sued, can own property, and can enter into contracts.

Federal Material

• Search U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
• Search U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals Decisions
• Search LII Preview/ Analyses of Supreme Court Cases
• 1st Amendment to U.S. Constitution
• 4th and 5th Amendments to U.S. Constitution
• 14th Amendment to U.S. Constitution
• Search the Annotated Constitution of the United States

U.S. Supreme Court: Historic Right of Privacy-Personal Autonomy Decisions

• Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
• Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Whalen v. Roe, 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Lawrence v. Texas (2003)

• PRIVACY
• PRIVACY RIGHTS
• right to privacy
• Fourth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• abortion
• due process
• Fifth Amendment

Personal information is a broad term for information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to a specific person; however, the exact legal definition varies by statute and jurisdiction.

Personal jurisdiction refers to the court’s authority to issue a decision regarding the party being sued in a case.

• jurisdiction
• civil procedure
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• SERVICE OF PROCESS
• subject matter jurisdiction

Piracy (within the context of maritime law) is when non-state actors commit war-like acts against ships, such as hijacking a ship, taking hostages, etc. In the United States, piracy is governed by admiralty law. Piracy is prohibited by both United States and international law.

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992) is the Supreme Court case that had reaffirmed the essential holding of Roe v.

Many successful criminal prosecutions in the United States end not with jury trials, but with plea bargains. Plea bargains are agreements between defendants and prosecutors in which defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors.

• prosecutorial discretion
• retaliatory prosecution
• guilty plea
• right to jury trial

Plenary authority refers to complete and unrestricted authority granted to a person or entity under a law, constitution, contract, or other governing instrument.

Plenary power refers to complete and exclusive authority over a particular subject matter, constrained only by constitutional limitations. When a governmental body holds plenary power, it may legislate or act within that area without requiring additional authorization.

• constitutional law