PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GULF COAST, INC. v. GEE

No. 15-30987.

837 F.3d 477 (2016)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GULF COAST, INCORPORATED; Jane Doe #1; Jane Doe #2; Jane Doe #3, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Rebekah GEE, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed September 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie Yvette Flaxman , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, DC, Erwin Chemerinsky , University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA, Melissa Ann Cohen, Esq. , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, NY, William E. Rittenberg, Esq. , Rittenberg, Samuel & Phillips, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jimmy Roy Faircloth, Jr. , Attorney, Faircloth, Melton & Sobel, L.L.C., Alexandria, LA, Brook Landry Villa , Faircloth, Melton & Sobel, L.L.C., Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Alisa Beth Klein, Esq. , Mark Bernard Stern, Esq. , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Mary Patricia Jones , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office Middle District of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Martha Jane Perkins , National Health Law Program, Carrboro, NC, for Amici Curiae National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, Center for Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center, National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, IPAS, Sexuality Education and Information Council of the U.S.

Before WIENER, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


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