PORTLAND FEM. WOMEN'S H. CTR. v. ADVOCATES FOR LIFE, INC.

Nos. 86-4102, 86-4140.

859 F.2d 681 (1988)

PORTLAND FEMINIST WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER; an Oregon nonprofit corporation; Leila Whittemore; Geri Craig; and Amy Aycrigg, and Jane Does Nos. 1 through 3, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ADVOCATES FOR LIFE, INC.; an Oregon nonprofit corporation; Priscilla Martin; Don Ayers; Fred Ritcherson; George Knezevich; Alice Buhler; Andrew Burnett; Kathy McNassar aka Kathy Stewart; Kathleen Walsh; Alta Austin; Shirley Barnard; Brian Clowes; Dan Muir; Christians in Action an unincorporated association; and John Does Nos. 1 through 100, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Kane, Beaverton, Or., and William D. Bailey, Portland, Or., for appellants.

Barbara L. Nay, Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey, Portland, Or., for appellees.

Michael Stokes Paulsen, Center for Law & Religious Freedom, Merrifield, Va., and Thomas O. Alderman, Christian Civil Liberties Union, Eugene, Or., for amicus.

Before HUG, FARRIS and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges the constitutionality of a preliminary injunction issued by the district court in litigation still pending before it. We are called upon to determine whether the preliminary injunction is impermissibly vague and whether it abridges protected First Amendment rights of the appellants.

FACTS

Appellants are a nonprofit corporation that engages in right-to-life advocacy...

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