Jane DOE and Sally Roe, suing on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, and David N. Danforth, M.D., Charles Fields, M.D., Ralph M. Wynn, M.D., and Frederick P. Zuspan, M.D., suing on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
Mary Poe, by her mother, Pauline Poe, suing on behalf of herself, and all others similarly situated, Intervening Plaintiff,
v.
William J. SCOTT, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, Defendants,
Dr. Bart Heffernan, Intervening Defendant.
United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 29, 1971.
January 29, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Sybille Fritzsche, The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Susan Grossman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs; Marshall Patner, Patner & Karaganis, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.
Gordon H. S. Scott, Legal Aid Bureau, Chicago, Ill., for intervening plaintiff Mary Poe.
William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Bernard Genis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Atty., Daniel Coman, James C. Murray, Asst. State's Attys., for defendants.
Dennis J. Horan, Thomas M. Crisham and Jerome A. Frazel, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Chicago, Ill., for intervening defendant Bart Heffernan.
Before SWYGERT, Chief Circuit Judge, ROBSON, Chief District Judge, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.
United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SWYGERT, Chief Circuit Judge.
This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought to declare that the Illinois abortion statute1 is violative of the United States Constitution for one or more reasons.2 After a three-judge district court was convened the parties were ordered to restrict their arguments to the allegations that the statute is unconstitutionally vague and...
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