Legal Opinion
Stormans Inc. v. Selecky
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided February 22, 2012No. Case No. C07-5374 RBLPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION'
RONALD B. LEIGHTON, District Judge.
I. SUMMARY
This case presents a novel question: can the State compel licensed pharmacies and pharmacists to dispense lawfully prescribed emergency contraceptives over their sincere religious belief that doing so terminates a human life? In 2007, under pressure from the Governor, Planned Parenthood, and the Northwest Women’s Law Center, the Washington State Board of Pharmacy enacted regulations designed to do just that.
The rule primarily1 at issue, commonly known as the “delivery rule,” requires pharmacies to timely deliver all lawfully prescribed…
2Cases cited59 opinions
- Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2008
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. BurwellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2015
- Stormans, Inc. v. WiesmanSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
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- Southern Nazarene University v. BurwellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2015
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