Legal Opinion
Arnold Bickham, M.D. v. Joyce C. Lashof, M.D., Individually and as Director of the State of Illinois Department of Public Health
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 29, 1980No. 78-2559PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the doctrine of abstention was properly applied by the district court in dismissing a claim attacking on constitutional grounds the Illinois Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, which is directed to regulating facilities utilized to perform abortions. Plaintiff-appellant Arnold Bickham, a physician licensed to practice in Illinois and the owner of an abortion clinic, the Water Tower Reproductive Center, seeks reversal of the district court order dismissing the first count of a two count complaint brought against various…
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