Case Carpenter

C-60/00, Mary Carpenter vs. Secretary of State for the Home Department, judgment of 11 July 2002 ECR 2002 p. I-6279 http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&Submit=Rechercher&alldocs=alldocs&docj=docj&docop=docop&docor=docor&docjo=docjo&numaff=C-60/00&datefs=&datefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100

 

Identified should be:

The parties of the case

The subject of the case

The structure of Free Movement cases:

-Element of EU law

-Does the case fall under EU free movement law?

-Which free movement rights are restricted?

-Is the restriction distinctive or indistinctive / discriminatory or non-discriminatory?

-Is the restriction justified? (Under treaty-based / under case law based derogations?)

-Is the restriction necessary in a democratic society?

-Is the restriction proportionate?

 
What did the ECJ decide?