GONZALES v. CARHART

Nos. 05-380, 05-1382.

127 S.Ct. 1610 (2007)

550 U.S. 124

167 L.Ed.2d 480

Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Petitioner, v. Leroy CARHART et al. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Petitioner, v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement , Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Priscilla Smith , for Respondents in 05-380.

Eve C. Gartner , for Respondents in 05-1382.

Jerry M. Hug , Omaha, NE, Priscilla J. Smith , Janet Crepps , Nan E. Strauss , Sanford M. Cohen , New York, NY, for Respondents in 05-380.

Paul D. Clement , Solicitor General, Peter D. Keisler , Assistant Attorney General, Gregory G. Garre , Deputy Solicitor General, Gregory G. Katsas , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Kannon K. Shanmugam , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Marleigh D. Dover , Catherine Y. Hancock , Teal Luthy Miller , Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Dennis J. Herrera , Therese M. Stewart , Chief Deputy City Attorney, Aleeta Van Runkle , Chief Deputy, Kathleen S. Morris , Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for Intervenor-Respondent City and County of San Francisco.

Beth H. Parker , Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, California, Eve C. Gartner , Roger K. Evans , New York, New York, Helene T. Krasnoff , Washington, D.C., for Respondents in 05-1382.


These cases require us to consider the validity of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003(Act), 18 U.S.C. § 1531 (2000 ed., Supp. IV), a federal statute regulating abortion procedures. In recitations preceding its operative provisions the Act refers to the Court's opinion in Stenberg...

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