Legal Opinion
Summit Medical Associates, P.C. v. James
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 26, 1998No. Civil Action 97-T-1149-NPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs, Aabama-based providers of abortion services, challenge the constitutionality of two recently-enacted Aabama abortion statutes under the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, as enforced through 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1994). The first challenged statute is the Aabama Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997, 1975 Aa.Code § 26-23-1 to 26-23-6 (Law.Co-op.Supp.1997), which took effect on August 1, 1997, and proscribes what it terms “partial-birth abortions,” except under certain medical emergency circumstances. The…
2Cases cited101 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Summit Medical Associates, P.C. v. PryorCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Okpalobi v. FosterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey v. VernieroDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1998
- Richmond Medical Center for Women v. GilmoreDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1999
- Eubanks v. StengelDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1998
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