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DOE v. HARTZ

No. C 96-4091-MWB.

970 F.Supp. 1375 (1997)

Jane DOE, Plaintiff, v. Father Gerald HARTZ, Bishop Lawrence Soens, St. Lawrence Church, and Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Western Division.

June 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roxanne Barton Conlin, Roxanne Conlin and Associates, P.C., Des Moines, IA, for Jane Doe.

Joseph L. Fitzgibbons, Fitzgibbons Brothers Attorneys at Law, Estherville, IA, for Father Hartz.

James W. Radig, Shull, Cosgrove, Hellige & Lundberg, Sioux City, IA, for Bishop Soens, St. Lawrence Church, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa.

Anjali A. Ashley, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Willis A. Buell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Northern District of Iowa, Sioux City, IA, for U.S.

Andrea Williams, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York City, for amicus curiae NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Victoria L. Herring, Des Moines, IA (Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, Judith Resnik, Orrin B. Evans, University of Southern California Law School, New York University School of Law, and Frank Michelman, Robert Walmsley, Harvard University Law School, of counsel); Reva Siegel, Yale Law School (on the brief), for amici curiae Law Professors.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO DISMISS, ABSTAIN, OR CERTIFY QUESTIONS

BENNETT, District Judge.

                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

 I.  INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND....................................................1381
     A.  The Parties And The Central Incidents .....................................1381
     B.  The Complaint .............................................................1381
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