PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASS. v. BELLOTTI

No. Civ. A. 80-1166-MA.

608 F.Supp. 800 (1985)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Crittenton Hastings House & Clinic, Phillip G. Stubblefield, M.D., Jane Doe, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Francis X. BELLOTTI, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Alfred L. Frechette, M.D., Commissioner of Public Health of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Newman Flanagan, District Attorney of the County of Suffolk, in that capacity and as a representative of a class of the District Attorneys of all other Counties; Arthur Mason, Administrative Chief Justice of the Trial Court of Massachusetts; Thomas R. Morse, Chief Justice of the Superior Court Department; and Michael J. Donovan, Clerk of Suffolk Superior Court, their agents, successors, those acting in concert with them, and all others similarly situated, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Henn, Sandra L. Lynch, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Stephen S. Ostrach, Asst. Atty. Gen., Government Bureau, Boston, Mass., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MAZZONE, District Judge.

This is a class action for declaratory and injunctive relief in which the plaintiffs allege that Section 12S of the Massachusetts abortion statute, Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 112 § 12S, is unconstitutional as administered and as applied. Section 12S governs inter alia, judicial authorization for minors' abortions.

The class plaintiffs are Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Crittenton Hastings...

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