Legal Opinion
Dalton v. Little Rock Family Planning Services
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 19, 1996No. 95-1025PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Per curiam
Respondents in this case are Medicaid providers and physicians who perform abortions in the State of Arkansas. In November 1993, they filed suit against petitioners, who are Arkansas state officials, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief with respect to Amendment 68 of the Arkansas Constitution, § 1 of which prohibits the use of state funds to pay for any abortion “except to save the mother’s life.” Their claim was that this provision is inconsistent with a requirement in Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 79 Stat. 348, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 1396 et seq., as affected by the 1994…
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- Exxon Corp. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Little Rock Family Planning Services, P.A. v. DaltonDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1994
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