EPP v. KERREY

No. 91-1536.

964 F.2d 754 (1992)

M. John EPP, M.D.; Plaintiff-Appellee Jane Doe, I, By her next friend Kathryn D. Levy; Jane Doe, II, By her next friend Kathryn D. Levy; Jane Doe, III, By her next friend Kathryn D. Levy, Intervenors Below, v. Robert KERREY, Governor of the State of Nebraska; Henry D. Smith, M.D., Director of Health of the State of Nebraska; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General of the State of Nebraska; Donald L. Knowles, County Attorney of Douglas County, Nebraska; John D. Coe, M.D.; Herbert Reese, M.D.; Hirim Hilton, M.D.; Warren R. Miller, M.D.; Leo T. Heywood, M.D.; Mike Swanda; Leland C. Lucke; Thelma D. Young, Members of the Nebraska Commission on Medical Qualifications, Defendants-Appellants. G. William ORR, M.D.; Women's Services, P.C., a Nebraska Professional Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald L. KNOWLES, County Attorney for the County of Douglas, Nebraska; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General of the State of Nebraska; Robert Kerrey, Governor of the State of Nebraska; Henry D. Smith, M.D., Director of the State of Nebraska; John D. Coe, M.D.; Herbert Reese, M.D.; Hirim Hilton, M.D.; Warren R. Miller, M.D.; Leo T. Heywood, M.D.; Michael Swanda; Leland C. Lucke; Thelma D. Young, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Grasz, Lincoln, Neb., argued (Royce N. Harper, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Leslie D. Callahan, New York City, argued (Kim J. Landsman, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellees, doctors who operated abortion clinics in Omaha, commenced these lawsuits in 1981 against Nebraska state officials ("the State") challenging the constitutionality of Nebraska Legislative Bill 466, enacted May 28, 1981. One section of that Bill, codified as Neb.Rev.Stat. § 28-347, prescribed parental notification and judicial by-pass procedures before minors could obtain abortions. On September 16, 1983, the district court

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