Legal Opinion
Okpalobi v. Foster
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 7, 1998No. Civil Action 97-2214PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTEOUS, District Judge.
This cause came for hearing on a previous day upon the Motion of Intervenors for a Preliminary Injunction, to enjoin the operation and effect of Act 825, to be codified at Louisiana Revised Statute 9:2800.11 (1997).
The Court, having heard the arguments of counsel and having studied the legal memoranda submitted by the parties is now fully advised in the premises and ready to rule.
ORDER AND REASONS
Abortion is an issue which consumes and divides this country. As my colleague Judge Rice summarized, “Never, since the final shot of the Civil War, over a century and a…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Okpalobi v. FosterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Okpalobi v. FosterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Women's Medical Center of NW Houston v. ArcherDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1999
- Ifeanyi Charles Anthony Okpalobi v. Mike FosterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Okpalobi v. FosterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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