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BAIRD v. BELLOTTI

Nos. 83-1167, 83-1315 and 83-1350.

724 F.2d 1032 (1984)

William BAIRD, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Francis X. BELLOTTI, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Plaintiffs-Intervenors, Appellants. William BAIRD, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Francis X. BELLOTTI, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henn, with whom Sandra L. Lynch, and Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.

Earle C. Cooley, with whom Hale & Dorr, Joseph J. Balliro, Boston, Mass., Roy Lucas, Washington, D.C., Joan C. Schmidt, and Law Offices of F. Lee Bailey, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for William Baird et al.

Judith S. Yogman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Government Bureau, with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Francis X. Bellotti et al.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) was an intervening plaintiff, and William Baird was an original plaintiff, in protracted civil rights litigation which was commenced in 1974. They were almost entirely successful throughout, and they won the final round on July 2, 1979, when the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in their favor. Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622, 99 S.Ct. 3035, 61 L.Ed.2d 797...

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