LEHOCKY v. CURATORS OF UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

No. 76-1820.

558 F.2d 887 (1977)

Barbara LEHOCKY, Appellant, v. The CURATORS OF the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, a Public Corporation of the State of Missouri, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1977.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Susman, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Ted D. Ayres, Columbia, Mo., for appellees; Jackson A. Wright, Marvin E. Wright, James S. Newberry, Columbia, Mo., on brief.

Before HEANEY, ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the Curators of the University of Missouri may constitutionally exclude from coverage under its medical insurance plan, payments for an elective abortion when the plan provides benefits for pregnancy resulting in childbirth.

The appellant was a full-time female employee of the appellee at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri. As an employee she was covered by a group medical insurance...

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