WOMENS SERVICES, P. C. v. THONE

Nos. CV78-L-289, CV79-L-85 and CV79-L-100.

483 F.Supp. 1022 (1979)

WOMENS SERVICES, P. C., a Nebraska Corporation, and G. William Orr, M. D., Plaintiffs, v. Charles THONE, Governor of the State of Nebraska; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General for the State of Nebraska; and Donald L. Knowles, County Attorney for the County of Douglas, State of Nebraska, Defendants. WOMENS SERVICES, P. C., a Nebraska Professional Corporation, and G. William Orr, M. D., Plaintiffs, v. Charles THONE, Governor of the State of Nebraska; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General for the State of Nebraska; and Donald L. Knowles, County Attorney for the County of Douglas, State of Nebraska, Defendants, Marilyn A. Schneider, Intervenor-Defendant. LADIES CENTER, NEBRASKA, INC., a corporation; M. John Epp, M. D.; and Betty Roe, by her next friend, Barbara Gaither, Plaintiffs, Elizabeth F., Intervenor-Plaintiff, v. Charles THONE, Governor of the State of Nebraska; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General for the State of Nebraska; and Donald L. Knowles, County Attorney for the County of Douglas, State of Nebraska, Defendants, Marilyn A. Schneider, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

November 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence I. Batt, Omaha, Neb., for plaintiffs Womens Services, P. C. and G. William Orr, M. D.,

Michael T. Levy, Omaha, Neb., for plaintiffs Ladies Center, Nebraska, Inc. and M. John Epp, M. D.

Judith Levin, New York City, for plaintiff Betty Roe and plaintiff-intervenor Elizabeth F.

Jerold V. Fennell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for defendants Charles Thone and Paul L. Douglas.

Henry L. Wendt, Deputy Douglas County Atty., Omaha, Neb., for defendant Donald L. Knowles.

James E. Schneider, North Platte, Neb., for defendant-intervenor Marilyn A. Schneider.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

URBOM, Chief Judge.

On April 20, 1979, this court preliminarily enjoined several portions1 of the Nebraska abortion law, Legislative Bill 316.2 This opinion follows a full hearing on the merits; it speaks to the standing and religious freedom issues before addressing the specific sections in question.3

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