WHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH v. COLE

No. 14-50928.

790 F.3d 563 (2015)

WHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH; Austin Women's Health Center; Killeen Women's Health Center; Nova Health Systems, doing business as Reproductive Services; Sherwood C. Lynn, Jr., M.D., on behalf of themselves and their patients; Pamela J. Richter, D.O., on behalf of themselves and their patients; Lendol L. Davis, M.D., on behalf of themselves and their patients, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. Kirk COLE, M.D., Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, in his Official Capacity; Mari Robinson, Executive Director of the Texas Medical Board, in her Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 9, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Toti, Esq. (argued), Staff Attorney, David Patrick Brown , Center For Reproductive Rights U.S. Legal Program, Esha Bhandari , Center for Reproductive Rights Immigrants Rights Project, Joseph Alexander Lawrence, Esq. , Morrison & Foerster, L.L.P., New York, N.Y., Betre Mussie Gizaw , Morrison & Foerster, Washington, DC, Patrick J. O'Connell , Jan Soifer , O'Connell & Soifer, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

Scott A. Keller , Solicitor, Jonathan F. Mitchell , Beth Ellen Klusmann, Esq. , Michael P. Murphy , Andrew S. Oldham , Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, James Davis Blacklock , Senior Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, Executive Administration, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

Walter Martin Weber , Stuart J. Roth , American Center for Law & Justice, Mailee Rebecca Smith, Esq. , Americans United for Life, Steven H. Aden , Catherine Glenn Foster , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrence John Joseph , Carrie Yvette Flaxman , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Kimberly A. Parker , WilmerHale, Washington, DC, CeCe Heil , Jay A. Sekulow, Esq. , American Center for Law & Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, Michael J. Norton , Natalie Lynn Decker , Alliance Defending Freedom, Greenwood Village, CO, Stephen Daniel Casey, Esq. , Attorney, Casey Law Office, P.C., Round Rock, TX, Catherine Wynne Short , Life Legal Defense Foundation, Ojai, CA, Gregory R. Terra , Texas Center for Defense of Life, Georgetown, TX, Allan Edward Parker, Jr. , Justice Foundation, San Antonio, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Before PRADO, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


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