Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts v. Francis X. Bellotti, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 20, 1989No. 88-1221PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*460COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the district court for the District of Massachusetts to abstain, on Burford1 and Younger2 grounds, from further entertaining a suit challenging the constitutionality of a Massachusetts statute, as actually implemented, that regulates abortions. The statute requires a minor seeking an abortion to obtain parental consent or to persuade a justice of the superior court that she is either mature enough to make an informed decision to have an abortion or that such an operation is in her best interests.3
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Paul E. Bettencourt, M.D. v. Board of Registration in Medicine of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Vaquería Tres Monjitas, Inc. v. IrizarryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
- Guillemard-Ginorio v. Contreras-GomezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
- Chico Service Station, Inc. v. Sol Puerto Rico Ltd.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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