DOE v. GENERAL HOSPITAL OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civ. A. No. 573-70.

313 F.Supp. 1170 (1970)

Mary DOE et al., Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL HOSPITAL OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Nussbaum and Gilbert C. Miller, of Surrey, Karasik, Green & Hill, Washington, D. C.; and Caroline Nickerson, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs; Ralph J. Temple, American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the National Capital Area, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Charles T. Duncan, Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, John A. Earnest, John C. Salyer, III, and Edward L. Curry, Asst. Corporation Counsels, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER

WADDY, District Judge.

This class action was filed on February 26, 1970, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs allege that they seek to enjoin on behalf of plaintiff, Mary Doe, and others similarly situated the enforcement of the abortion policy of the General Hospital of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as "D. C. General"), and to declare said policy unlawful.

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