DOE v. POELKER

No. 75-1069.

515 F.2d 541 (1975)

Jane DOE, et al., Appellants, v. John H. POELKER, Mayor of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, and R. Dean Wochner, M.D., Director of the Department of Health and Hospitals and Acting Hospital Commissioner of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1975.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing May 7, 1975.

As Amended June 2, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, ROSS, Circuit Judge, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc May 7, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 24, 1975.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Jane Doe,1 a pregnant resident of St. Louis, Missouri, at the time the lawsuit was filed, brought this civil rights class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against John H. Poelker, the Mayor of St. Louis, and Dr. R. Dean Wochner, the Director of the Department of Health and Hospitals...

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