Legal Opinion
Collins v. Womancare
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1989No. 88-5703PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
The contentious public debate over the propriety of abortions forms the background of the appeal before us. As an outgrowth of a picketing episode, the district court entered a judgment awarding damages in favor of five plaintiffs in their action for false arrest and for deprivation of constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Womancare, two of its employees, and its directors (Womancare). The district court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a)(3). We have jurisdiction of Womancare’s timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reverse and…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by100 opinions
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