DOE v. IRWIN

No. 78-1056.

615 F.2d 1162 (1980)

John DOE, Jane Doe, Thomas M. Grost and Cora W. Grost, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Cathy E. IRWIN, George Gross, Elinor Holbrook, Gilda Richardson, Marie Vande Bunte, Mary Kay Wickens, David Holden and Mary Woods, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Cohl, Larry A. Salstrom, Lansing, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

Stuart D. Hubbell, Hubbell, Blakeslee & Houlihan, Traverse City, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Edward M. Wise, Gen. Counsel, Detroit, Mich., for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

Before WEICK and LIVELY, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the distribution of contraceptives to minors, without notice to their parents, by a publicly operated family planning clinic. The plaintiffs are parents of a 16-year-old daughter who received contraceptives from the clinic and other parents of two teen-age children who live in the area served by it. A class was certified by the district court consisting of "all parents residing in the county of Ingham who have children between...

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