Legal Opinion
Reproductive Health Services v. Webster
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided April 30, 1987No. 86-4478-CV-C-5PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SCOTT 0. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.
This is a class action for declaratory and injunctive relief in which plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of several sections of the 1986 Missouri act relating to the regulation of abortions (“the Act”). 1 This Court has jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and § 1343(3).
The named plaintiffs include Reproductive Health Services, a not-for-profit Missouri corporation operating an outpatient clinic in St. Louis, Missouri, which offers gynecological medical services to the public, including abortion services up to 22 weeks “gestational…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Webster v. Reproductive Health ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, Inc. v. NixonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- New York v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America v. BowenDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1988
- Com. of Mass. v. BowenDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1988
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