People Ex Rel. Hansen v. Phelan

Plaintiffs appeal from the trial court’s order denying their petition for a preliminary injunction and dissolving the temporary restraining order (TRO) it had previously entered. We affirm.

The facts in this case are almost entirely undisputed, as is evidenced by a stipulation in writing entered into by the parties. From 1973 to 1980, elective abortions were being regularly performed at Cook County Hospital when, on October 9, 1980, George W. Dunne, former president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (the board), issued a directive (the directive or the Dunne directive) to the…