Penumbral Treasure Pack

This shelf collects the core sources that power the Penumbral Privacy spine and related acceptance work. Each card gives you a canonical URL, optional alternates, and ready-to-use fragments for #:~:text links and Ctrl+F in court opinions or PDFs, consistent with the citation-layer contract.

Status: validated for citation across S3 (Anthropic Distinctives), the Penumbral module, and S6 (Acceptance & overlays). Generated at 2025-12-09T22:29:56.886106Z.

Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)

case_law US_SCOTUS Tags: reading_library, penumbral_privacy_spine

Canonical URL: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/381/479

Alternates: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/381/479/ · https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/griswold-v-connecticut

#:~:text fragment suggestion: #:~:text=zone%20of%20privacy
Ctrl+F string: zone of privacy

Source for the 'zones of privacy' framing used in the Shield leg.

Used in artifacts: artifact::penumbral_spine_shield_argument_v1, artifact::penumbral_spine_counsel_brief_v1

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022)

case_law US_SCOTUS Tags: reading_library, penumbral_privacy_spine

Canonical URL: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf

Alternates: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/19-1392 · https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization

#:~:text fragment suggestion: #:~:text=The%20Constitution%20does%20not%20confer%20a%20right%20to%20abortion%3B%20Roe%20and%20Casey%20are%20overruled
Ctrl+F string: The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives

Primary case for the post-Roe 'Privacy Vacuum' framing.

Used in artifacts: artifact::penumbral_spine_privacy_vacuum_argument_v1, artifact::penumbral_spine_counsel_brief_v1

Whalen v. Roe, 429 U.S. 589 (1977)

case_law US_SCOTUS Tags: reading_library, penumbral_privacy_spine

Canonical URL: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep429/usrep429589/usrep429589.pdf

Alternates: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/429/589/ · https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/429/589.html

#:~:text fragment suggestion: #:~:text=have%20in%20fact%20involved%20at%20least%20two%20different%20kinds%20of%20interests
Ctrl+F string: two different kinds of interests

Cited for the two-strand conception of privacy (avoiding disclosure vs. decisional autonomy).

Used in artifacts: artifact::penumbral_spine_privacy_vacuum_argument_v1, artifact::penumbral_spine_counsel_brief_v1

NASA v. Nelson, 562 U.S. 134 (2011)

case_law US_SCOTUS Tags: reading_library, penumbral_privacy_spine

Canonical URL: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep562/usrep562134/usrep562134.pdf

Alternates: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/562/134/ · https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/182990/nasa-v-nelson/

#:~:text fragment suggestion: #:~:text=privacy%20interest%20"arguably%20protected%20by%20the%20Constitution"
Ctrl+F string: privacy interest "arguably protected by the Constitution"

Cited for the assumed but limited constitutional informational-privacy interest.

Used in artifacts: artifact::penumbral_spine_privacy_vacuum_argument_v1, artifact::penumbral_spine_counsel_brief_v1

Informational Privacy After Dobbs

scholarly_article US Tags: reading_library, penumbral_privacy_spine

Canonical URL: https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Informational-Privacy-After-Dobbs.pdf

#:~:text fragment suggestion: #:~:text=expressly%20left%20intact%20the%20constitutional%20right%20to%20informational%20privacy
Ctrl+F string: expressly left intact the constitutional right to informational privacy

Used for the claim that Dobbs does not clearly erase informational-privacy doctrine.

Used in artifacts: artifact::penumbral_spine_privacy_vacuum_argument_v1

Health Information Privacy after Dobbs

report US Tags: reading_library, penumbral_privacy_spine

Canonical URL: https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/antitrust/source/2024/october/health-information-privacy-after-dobbs.pdf

#:~:text fragment suggestion: #:~:text=states%20may%20protect%2C%20ban%2C%20or%20severely%20limit%20access%20to%20abortion
Ctrl+F string: states may protect, ban, or severely limit access to abortion

Supports the description of a fragmented, state-by-state post-Dobbs landscape.

Used in artifacts: artifact::penumbral_spine_privacy_vacuum_argument_v1

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022) (SCOTUS slip, 597us1r58_gebh)

case_law US_SCOTUS Tags: reading_library, penumbral_privacy_spine

Canonical URL: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/597us1r58_gebh.pdf

Alternates: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf

#:~:text fragment suggestion: #:~:text=The%20Constitution%20does%20not%20confer%20a%20right%20to%20abortion
Ctrl+F string: The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives

Explicit SCOTUS slip opinion link matching the Dobbs_597US215_working_copy used in the penumbral OCR pipeline.

Used in artifacts: artifact::penumbral_spine_privacy_vacuum_argument_v1, artifact::penumbral_spine_counsel_brief_v1

How to use this pack

From the client brief, link to this page as the Penumbral privacy reading shelf.
When you cite a proposition backed by one of these sources, copy the canonical URL plus either the #:~:text fragment or the Ctrl+F string.
Use the tags and used_in_artifacts hints to see where each source is already woven into S1–S6 or the Penumbral spine.