DOE v. PICKETT

Civ. A. No. 79-3222-H.

480 F.Supp. 1218 (1979)

Jane DOE, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. George E. PICKETT, M.D., MPH, Director of the West Virginia Department of Health; William Neale, M.D., Director of the Cabell-Huntington Health Center; and Ellen Richardson, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. West Virginia, Huntington Division.

November 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston, W. Va., for plaintiff.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. of W. Va., Gregory W. Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen. of W. Va., Charleston, W. Va., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

HADEN, District Judge.

This is an action against certain medical care providers and the state agency for their policy of denying birth control and family planning services, including information, contraceptive supplies, medical examination, physical consultation, prescriptions, counseling, and referral for medical procedures to persons under the age of eighteen years who do not have their parental consent. The plaintiff challenged this practice...

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