Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Doyle
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided June 15, 1998No. 98-C-305-SPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
SHABAZ, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and six Wisconsin physicians commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of themselves and their abortion-seeking patients to challenge the constitutionality of 1997 Wisconsin Act 219, passed as Assembly Bill 220 (AB 220) and codified at §§ 895.038 and 940.16, Wis. Stats, (“the Act”). The Act subjects those who intentionally perform a partial-birth abortion to civil and criminal liability. Plaintiffs have sued Wisconsin Attorney General James E. Doyle and Dane County District Attorney Diane Nicks…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Colautti v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Abbott Laboratories v. Mead Johnson & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Carhart v. StenbergDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1998
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- Richmond Medical Center for Women v. GilmoreDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1999
- Richmond Medical Center for Women v. GilmoreDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. DoyleDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1999
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