Legal Opinion
Doe v. Deschamps
District Court, D. Montana
Decided November 3, 1974No. CV 74-120-MPublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Before BROWNING, Circuit Judge, and JAMESON and SMITH, District Judges.
2Per curiam
In this action, brought to test the constitutionality of Montana laws regulating abortions, plaintiffs, a woman, pregnant at the time of the institution of the action, and her doctor, styled themselves under the fictitious names of Jane Doe and John Moe respectively. The State of Montana by motion raised the issue of their right to appear anonymously. In one of the few cases (Roe v. New York, 49 F.R.D. 279 (S.D.N.Y.1970)) discussing the problem of fictitiously-*653named plaintiffs,1 the court held that a civil action was…
3Cases cited16 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Doe v. BoltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Poe v. UllmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Doe v. ShapiroDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1969
- Doe v. SwankDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1971
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4Cited by77 opinions
- Does I thru XXIII v. Advanced Textile Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Roe v. Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Bill W. Doe v. Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Doe v. StegallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. John DoeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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