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PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS v. BLAKE

417 Mass. 467 (1994)

631 N.E.2d 985

PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC., & others vs. KEVIN BLAKE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis H. Fox (Robert A. Miley & Wendy A. Miklus with him) for Kevin Blake & others.

Judith E. Beals, Assistant Attorney General (Donna L. Palermino, Assistant Attorney General, with her) for the Attorney General.

John H. Henn (Teresa A. Martland with him) for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc., & others.

Cornelius J.P. Sullivan, for William Cotter & another, was present but did not argue.

Janet Benshoof, Catherine Albisa & Priscilla J. Smith, of New York, for Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Nonnie S. Burnes & Sarah R. Wunsch, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

WILKINS, J.

The five defendants appeal from an amended judgment that permanently enjoined them, among other things, from obstructing access to any facility in the Commonwealth that provides abortion counseling or services and from using force against persons entering or leaving or working at any such facility.

In April, 1989, the plaintiffs commenced this action pursuant to the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act (MCRA...

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