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COOK v. RENO

Civ. A. No. 94-0980.

859 F.Supp. 1008 (1994)

Michael K. COOK, Robert B. James, Dr. Beverly McMillan and Eva T. Edl v. Janet RENO, Attorney General of the United States of America, and John Doe, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, in their official capacities.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Alexandria Division.

August 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Dale Smith, A. Dale Smith & Assoc., Ball, LA, Stephen M. Crampton, Bruce Green, American Family Assoc. Law Ctr., Tupelo, MS, for Michael K. Cook, Robert B. James, Beverly McMillan, Eva Edl.

John A. Broadwell, U.S. Attorney's Office, Shreveport, LA, for Janet Reno, John Doe, Michael D. Skinner.

Allison Anne Jones, Davidson Nix Arceneaux Jones & Askew, Shreveport, LA, Simon Heller, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York City, for National Abortion Federation, Hope Medical Group of Shreveport, Feminist Womens Health Centers, Womancare Inc., Com. Womens Center, Capitol Womens Center, Susan Wicklund, Dr., George Tiller, Dr., Nat. Organization for Women.

RULING

LITTLE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are anti-abortion demonstrators who seek to enjoin the use and implementation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 248 ("FACE" or the "Act"). For the reasons that follow, plaintiffs' motion for declaratory and injunctive relief is DENIED. We find the statute in question to be constitutional, and we therefore refuse to cripple the utilization of legitimate and useful legislation...

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