Legal Opinion
Cheffer v. McGregor
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 20, 1993No. 93-2407PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:
Myrna Cheffer appeals from the district court’s denial of her motion for a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of a state court injunction that regulates antiabortion speech at an abortion clinic. Because the district court mistook the legal significance of the state court injunction, and therefore erred in its application of the law to the merits of Cheffer’s motion, we vacate and remand.
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Perhaps few Americans are content with the current legal status of abortion in America. Many see a woman’s ability to choose abortion as a part of her fundamental…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Joe Church, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Dooly, and Frank Chisom v. City of HuntsvilleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Vern T. Jordahl v. Democratic Party Of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- Hoover v. WagnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- McKusick v. City of Melbourne, FLCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
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