ABELE v. MARKLE

No. 279, Docket 71-1605.

452 F.2d 1121 (1971)

Janice ABELE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Arnold MARKLE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine G. Roraback, New Haven, Conn. (Nancy Stearns, New York City, Kathryn Emmett, Bridgeport, Conn., Marjorie Gelb, W. Hartford, Conn., Barbara Milstein, New Haven, Conn., Marilyn Seichter, Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

George D. Stoughton, Asst. State's Atty., Raymond J. Cannon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Robert K. Killian, Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges, and LEVET, District Judge.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, 858 women, brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of that State's anti-abortion statutes,1 requesting that a three-judge district court be convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281 and 2284, and seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the statutes. Federal jurisdiction...

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