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N.Y. STATE NAT. ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN v. TERRY

Nos. 906, 907, 908, 978, 979, Dockets 88-7873, 88-7915, 88-7969, 88-9103, 89-7121.

886 F.2d 1339 (1989)

NEW YORK STATE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN; New York City Chapter of the National Organization for Women; National Organization for Women; Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights — New York Metropolitan Area; New York State National Abortion Rights Action League, Inc.; Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc.; Eastern Women's Center, Inc.; Planned Parenthood Clinic (Bronx); Planned Parenthood Clinic (Brooklyn); Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Clinic (Manhattan); OB-GYN Pavilion; the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health; VIP Medical Associates; Bill Baird Institute (Suffolk); Bill Baird Institute (Nassau); Dr. Thomas J. Mullin; Bill Baird; Reverend Beatrice Blair; Rabbi Dennis Math; Reverend Donald Morlan; Pro Choice Coalition, Plaintiffs-Appellees, City of New York, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. Randall TERRY, Operation Rescue, Rev. James P. Lisante, Thomas Herlihy, John Does and Jane Does, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Secola, Milford, Conn. (George J. Mercer, The Rutherford Institute of Conn., Milford, Conn., Michael P. Tierney, New York City, A. Lawrence Washburn, Jr., Albany, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

David D. Cole, New York City (Mary M. Gundrum, Rhonda Copelon, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Alison Wetherfield, Sarah Burns (D.C. Bar only), NOW Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, New York City, Judith Levin, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Kristin M. Helmers, New York City, Office of the Corp. Counsel, City of New York, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee.

Before CARDAMONE and PRATT, Circuit Judges and LASKER, District Judge.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The principal question presented on this appeal is whether the First Amendment grants Operation Rescue (appellants) the right to engage in activities designed to deny access to abortion clinics to women seeking the services they provide. We must determine if the limitations placed by the district court on appellants' actions and speech square with the constitutional rights guaranteed all citizens under the First Amendment. We think they do...

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