Legal Opinion
Greenville Women's Clinic v. Bryant
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2000No. 99-1319, 99-1710 and 99-1725PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SMALKIN joined. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the important question of whether South Carolina’s regulation establishing standards for licensing abortion clinics — Regulation 61-12 of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, S.C.Code Ann. Regs. 61-12 (eff. June 28, 1996) — violates the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by placing an undue burden on women’s decisions to seek…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Jeffrey J. Sikirica, Esq., as Trustee of Pittsburgh Beauty Academy, Inc. v. Nationwide Insurance Company Jeffrey J. SikiricaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- Planned Parenthood of Northern New England v. HeedCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Greenville Women's Clinic Charleston Women's Medical Clinic, Incorporated William Lynn, Md, on Behalf of Themselves and Their Patients Seeking Abortions v. Douglas E. Bryant, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Charles M. Condon, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Governor of South Carolina, Greenville Women's Clinic Charleston Women's Medical Clinic, Incorporated William Lynn, Md, on Behalf of Themselves and Their Patients Seeking Abortions v. Governor of South Carolina, and Douglas E. Bryant, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Charles M. Condon, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Greenville Women's Clinic Charleston Women's Medical Clinic, Incorporated William Lynn, Md, on Behalf of Themselves and Their Patients Seeking Abortions v. Douglas E. Bryant, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Charles M. Condon, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Governor of South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000