The term "liberty interest" was at the heart of the decision.

Some states extend the right to counsel to all matters where a defendant's liberty interest is threatened.

This decision was to insure a patient's "liberty interests."

But how meaningful is it to say that women have a "liberty interest" in abortion?

He described the constitutional right at issue as "a significant liberty interest in being free of unwanted intrusions."

Wrongful loss of a property interest can always be made whole, unlike a liberty interest.

Justice Kennedy: How do you define the liberty interests of the woman in that connection?

The clause also provides heightened protection against government interference with certain fundamental rights and liberty interests.

Hugo's lawyers argue that brothers and sisters, too, have a "liberty interest" in being together.

"A more onerous impairment of a liberty interest is difficult to imagine," the court said.