LEWIS v. PEARSON FOUNDATION, INC.

No. 88-1293.

908 F.2d 318 (1990)

Warna Irene LEWIS, Appellant, v. PEARSON FOUNDATION, INC., Robert J. Pearson, Kathleen Pearson, John M. Byers, Mother and Unborn Baby Care of St. Louis, d/b/a A-A-A Pregnancy Problem Center, Rita Roberson, Richard Chrismer, Marie Becker, Mary Elizabeth Kretschmer, Susan Schlesinger, Thomas Rohan, and Elizabeth Doe, a fictitious name, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1990.

Rehearing Granted Opinion Vacated September 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Mendelson, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

David C. Drury, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, and FLOYD R. GIBSON and ROSS, Senior Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Warna Lewis, pregnant and desiring an abortion, looked in the Yellow Pages directory under "Abortion Information and Services" and found an advertisement for the "AAA Pregnancy Problem Center" in St. Louis, Missouri. After Lewis discovered that the Center was a mock abortion clinic, run by persons opposed to abortion, she brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) (1982). Lewis alleges...

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