PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASS. v. OPERATION RESCUE


406 Mass. 701 (1990)

550 N.E.2d 1361

PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC. & others vs. OPERATION RESCUE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Henn (Maria Del Monaco with him) for the plaintiffs.

Francis H. Fox (Robin A. Driskel & Ann M. Cushing with him) for the defendants.

Thomas M. Sobol & Marvin N. Geller, for American Jewish Congress, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Marjorie Heins & John Reinstein, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Judith E. Beals, Ruth A. Bourquin & Sarah Wunsch, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

This case comes to us following an order of a single justice of this court vacating a preliminary injunction issued against the defendants. The injunction required the defendants, various unincorporated associations and individuals, to refrain from trespassing on, or obstructing access to, offices or clinics of the plaintiffs at which abortion, counseling, and family planning services are provided. For the reasons...

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