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WORD v. POELKER

No. 73-1739.

495 F.2d 1349 (1974)

Parker H. WORD, M. D. and Reproductive Health Services, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John H. POELKER, Mayor of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and Colonel Eugene J. Camp, Chief of Police, City of St. Louis, Missouri, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1974.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Susman, Susman, Willer & Rimmel, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Eugene P. Freeman, Deputy City Counselor, St. Louis, Mo., for defendants-appellees.

Before BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and STUART, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 21, 1974.

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns a constitutional attack on St. Louis City Ordinance No. 56579. The ordinance defines, requires a city permit for, regulates, and restricts abortion clinics. The district court abstained. We reach the merits and hold the ordinance to be unconstitutional.

The ordinance in question which is set out in full...

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