UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE ET AL.
v.
ABORTION RIGHTS MOBILIZATION, INC., ET AL.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 18, 1988
Decided June 20, 1988
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kevin T. Baine argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Edward Bennett Williams, Charles H. Wilson, Richard S. Hoffman, Mark E. Chopko, and Phillip H. Harris.
Alan I. Horowitz argued the cause for the federal respondents in support of petitioners pursuant to this Court's Rule 19.6. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorney General Rose, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Robert S. Pomerance, and Teresa E. McLaughlin.
Marshall Beil argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the National Abortion Rights Action League et al. by Ellyn R. Weiss; and for the National Association of Laity by Cletus P. Lyman.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation et al. by Steven R. Shapiro, John A. Powell, Helen Hershkoff, C. Edwin Baker, and Arthur N. Eisenberg; and for the Rutherford Institute by William Bonner, John F. Southworth, Jr., Alfred J. Lindh, Ira W. Still III, William B. Hollberg, Randall A. Pentiuk, Thomas W. Strahan, James J. Knicely, John W. Whitehead, and David E. Morris.
Supreme Court of United States.
JUSTICE KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.
The petitioners are the United States Catholic Conference and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Both organizations were held in civil contempt for failure to comply with subpoenas duces tecum issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Conferences objected to issuance of the process, arguing, inter alia, that...
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