Legal Opinion
Spears v. Ellis
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided July 25, 1974No. Civ. A. 1343PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM HAROLD COX, District Judge:
The plaintiff instituted this suit on March 9, 1971 seeking injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment against the defendants for the prosecution of an indictment under the Mississippi Abortion Statute. A three-judge court was requested by the plaintiff but was not requested by the managing judge of this Court and was not constituted until June 2, 1972. That request was not made by the Court until a release by the Supreme Court of the United States of the Texas and Georgia abortion decisions. 1
As a single-judge court, the presiding judge made a response to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Doe v. BoltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. VuitchSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Toop v. Ulysses Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Spears v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. NorflettSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- Tatro v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
- Lea Spears v. Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial District, Warren County, State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975