ARADIA WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER v. OPERATION RESCUE

No. 90-35110.

929 F.2d 530 (1991)

ARADIA WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER; Washington State National Abortion Rights Action League; Planned Parenthood of Seattle King County, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OPERATION RESCUE; Richard Vicknair, et al., Defendants, Denise R. Knight; Kimberly K. Bailey; Theresa E. Clark, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Conklin, Murphy, Bantz & Bury, Spokane, Wash., for respondents-appellants.

Harry H. Schneider, Jr., Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, SCHROEDER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order imposing civil contempt sanctions upon individuals who took part in a demonstration which blocked access to an abortion clinic in Spokane, Washington, on March 3, 1989. These sanctions were imposed for violation of an injunction against such obstruction. The district court issued the contempt order in the course of underlying litigation brought by plaintiffs-appellees, Aradia Women's Health Center, other health...

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