Legal Opinion

Valley Family Planning v. North Dakota

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 12, 1981No. 80-1471PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Valley Family Planning and Shari Doe, Valley’s executive director, brought this civil action challenging the validity of section 2 of North Dakota’s “Limitation of Abortion” Act, N.'D.Cent.Code § 14-02.3. Section 2 of that Act provides:

No funds of this state or any agency, county, municipality, or any other subdivision thereof and no federal funds passing through the state treasury or a state agency shall be used as family planning funds by any person, public or private agency which performs, refers, or encourages abortion.

Any person who violates the Act is…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. King v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. De Canas v. BicaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Inc. v. Commissioner of Indiana State Department of HealthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  3. Planned Parenthood of Central Texas v. SanchezDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 2003
  4. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CENTRAL NC. v. CanslerDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2011
  5. Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of HealthDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2011

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