Legal Opinion
Doe v. Scott
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 29, 1971No. Civ. A. 70 C 395PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SWYGERT, Chief Circuit Judge.
This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought to declare that the Illinois abortion statute1 is violative of the United States Constitution for one or more .reasons.2 After a three-judge district court was convened the parties were ordered to restrict their arguments to the allegations that the statute is unconstitutionally vague and unconstitutionally invades the privacy of pregnant women. Oral argument was heard, and the case is now before us on a multiplicity of motions including cross-motions of plaintiffs and defendants for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- 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 by39 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Friendship Medical Center, Ltd. And T.R.M. Howard v. The Chicago Board of HealthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- State v. BarquetSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
- Young Women's Christian Ass'n of Princeton, NJ v. KuglerDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1972
- Wynn v. ScottDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1978
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