EVERGREEN ASS'N, INC. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Docket Nos. 11-2735-cv, 11-2929-cv.

740 F.3d 233 (2014)

The EVERGREEN ASSOCIATION, INC., DBA Expectant Mother Care Pregnancy Centers EMC Frontline Pregnancy Center, Life Center of New York, Inc., DBA AAA Pregnancy Problems Center, Pregnancy Care Center of New York, Incorporated as Crisis Pregnancy Center of New York, a New York Not-for-Profit Corporation, Boro Pregnancy Counseling Center, a New York Not-for-Profit Corporation, Good Counsel, Inc., a New Jersey Not-for-Profit Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, a municipal corporation, Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, in his official capacity, Jonathan Mintz, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mordecai Newman , Assistant Corporation Counsel ( Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, Larry A. Sonnenshein , Nicholas Ciappetta , Robin Binder , of Counsel, on the brief), City of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants.

James Matthew Henderson , American Center for Law & Justice, Washington, DC ( Cecilia, N. Heil , Erik M. Zimmerman , Carly F. Gammil , on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees the Evergreen Association Inc. and Life Center of New York, Inc.

Matthew Bowman , Alliance Defense Fund, Washington, DC ( M. Todd Parker , Moskowitz & Book, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees Pregnancy Care Center of New York, Boro Pregnancy Counseling Center, and Good Counsel, Inc.

Kimberly A. Parker , Zaid A. Zaid , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Planned Parenthood of New York City, NARAL Pro-Choice New York, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Community Healthcare Network, Law Students for Reproductive Justice, New York Abortion Access Fund, New York City Chapter of the National Organization for Women, New York County Chapter of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians, New York State Association of Licensed Midwives, National Abortion Federation, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, Public Health Association of New York, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Reproductive Health Access Project, Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, the Honorable (Congresswoman) Carolyn Maloney, in support of Defendants-Appellants.

Brian J. Kreiswirth , Chair, Committee on Civil Rights, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY, for amicus curiae The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, in support of Defendants-Appellants.

Priscilla J. Smith , Jennifer Keighley , The Information Society Project at Yale Law School, Brooklyn, NY, amicus curiae, in support of Defendants-Appellants.

Melissa Goodman , Alexis Karteron , Arthur N. Eisenberg , New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, amicus curiae, in support of Defendants-Appellants.

Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney, Danny Chou , Chief of Complex & Special Litigation, Erin Bernstein , Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae City and County of San Francisco, in support of Defendants-Appellants.

Deborah J. Dewart , Justice and Freedom Fund, Swansboro, NC, amicus curiae, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Mailee R. Smith , Americans United for Life, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Pregnancy Care Organizations Care Net, Heartbeat International, Inc., and National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Noel J. Francisco , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Law Professors In Support of Appellees, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Samuel B. Casey , David B. Waxman , Jubilee Campaign-Law of Life Project, Washington, DC, for amici curiae, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The Catholic Medical Association, and The Christian Medical and Dental Associations, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

John P. Margand , Scarsdale NY, for amicus curiae Dr. Michael J. New, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: POOLER, WESLEY, and LOHIER, Circuit Judges.


POOLER, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-Appellants (collectively, "the City") appeal from the July 13, 2011 memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (William H. Pauley III, J.) granting Plaintiffs-Appellees' ("Plaintiffs'") motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining Local Law No. 17 of the City of New York ("Local Law 17"). Local Law 17, inter alia, requires pregnancy services centers, a term defined...

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