MEDLIN v. PALMER

Nos. 88-1060, 88-1118, 88-1646 Summary Calendar.

874 F.2d 1085 (1989)

J. Marshall MEDLIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lori PALMER, in her individual capacity and in her official capacity as Dallas City Councilwoman, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donovan Campbell, Jr., Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, Dallas, Tex., J. Shelby Sharpe, Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carla Perantoni Walsh, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Feminists for Life of America, Inc.

James M. Braden, David A. French, Manassas, Va., John W. Whitehead, Culpepper, Va., for amicus curiae, the Rutherford Institute.

Paul K. Pearce, Jr., Margaret Mary O'Neill, Asst. County Attys., Dallas, Tex., for Palmer, et al.

Jeff Smith, Cedar Hill, Tex., for Dr. William W. West.

Carol Stephenson, Maureen N. Armour, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, Tex., for Pettigrew, et al.

David E. Bird, Dallas Swan, Bedsole & Bird, Dallas, Tex., for Osborne, et al.

Alfred L. Ruebel, Bridget A. Braithwaite, Erhard, Ruebel & Jennings, Dallas, Tex., for Taft, et al.

Neil H. Cogan, Dallas, Tex., for Dallas Medical Ladies Clinic, et al.

Michael F. Linz, Dallas, Tex., for amicus curiae Dallas Civ. Liberties Union.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and JOHNSON and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs/appellants, various anti-abortion activists who challenge the constitutionality of a Dallas city ordinance prohibiting the use of amplified sound near certain medical and educational facilities, appeal from the district court's denial of their motion for preliminary injunction, the grant of a defense motion for summary judgment, and the grant of a defense motion for judgment on the pleadings. Concluding that the district court's...

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