Legal Opinion
Babbitz v. McCann
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 5, 1970No. 69-C-548PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiff is a physician who challenges the constitutionality of the Wisconsin abortion statute. He seeks an injunction restraining the defendants from enforcing a part of Wis.Stat. § 940.04 and a judgment declaring it unconstitutional.
A temporary restraining order was denied by the order of a single-judge district court, 306 F.Supp. 400, and the instant three-judge district court was convened to consider the other issues presented. We hold that portions of the statute are constitutionally invalid, but we decline to enjoin the pending state prosecution of the plaintiff.
The plaintiff is…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by69 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. BarquetSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
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- Doe v. ScottDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1971
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