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DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CTR. v. ADVOCATES FOR LIFE

A8901-00505; CA A61913.

826 P.2d 637 (1992)

111 Or.App. 317

DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER, P.C., an Oregon Corporation; Vertigo, a Partnership; Jacquelyn Burkart and Jane Doe No. 1, Plaintiffs, v. ADVOCATES FOR LIFE, Inc., an Oregon Nonprofit Corporation; Operation Rescue, Inc., a New York Corporation; Andrew Burnett; Linda Wolfe; James Miller; Dawn Stover; Judy Hager; and Catherine Ramey, Defendants. State ex rel. Downtown Women's Center, P.C., an Oregon Corporation; Vertigo, a Partnership; Jacquelyn Burkart and Jane Doe No. 1, Respondents, v. Advocates for Life, Inc., an Oregon Nonprofit Corporation; Andrew Burnett; Dawn Stover; and Mark Hovee, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Stradley, Hillsboro, filed the brief for appellants.

Mary K. VanderWeele, Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were Stephen S. Walters and Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey, Portland.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., JOSEPH, C.J., and DEITS, J.

DEITS, Judge.

Defendants assign error to the trial court's refusal to allow a choice of evils defense to charges of contempt for their violation of a preliminary injunction. ORCP 78; ORS 33.010; ORS 33.020.1 We affirm.

Defendants are Advocates for Life, Inc., and several individuals who had demonstrated at the Portland Medical Center Building (Center) in an effort to prevent women from obtaining abortions. Among other things, defendants...

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