No. 24-488

Fadi Georges Ghanem v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2024-10-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: due-process felony-penalties fourteenth-amendment legal-framework medical-practice state-courts
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-12-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Should state laws that criminalize the practice of
medicine by imposing felony penalties on physicians —
based on an unworkable legal framework that makes
lawful compliance impossible —be considered unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment, particularly when state courts are divid ed
on the constitutionality of such laws?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether state laws criminalizing medical practice through felony penalties that create an unworkable legal framework violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when state courts are divided on their constitutionality

Docket Entries

2024-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
2024-11-15
Waiver of right of respondent The State of Texas to respond filed.
2024-10-25

Attorneys

Fadi Georges Ghanem
Tommy Ernest SwateAttorney at Law, Petitioner
The State of Texas
William J. Delmore IIIMontgomery County District Attorney's Office, Respondent