PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF BLUE RIDGE v. CAMBLOS

No. 97-1853.

116 F.3d 707 (1997)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE BLUE RIDGE; Herbert C. Jones, Jr., M.D.; Planned Parenthood M, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington; Virginia League for Planned Parenthood; Hillcrest Clinic; Richmond Medical Center for Women; Thomas Gresinger, M.D.; Commonwealth Women's Clinic; Planned Parenthood S, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia, Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. James L. CAMBLOS, in his official capacity as Commonwealth's Attorney for the County of Albemarle, and as a representative of all the Commonwealth's Attorneys in Virginia, Defendant—Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cullen, Attorney General of Virginia, David E. Anderson, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Claude A. Allen, Deputy Attorney General, William H. Hurd, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Simon Heller, The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York City; Karen A. Raschke, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Before LUTTIG, Circuit Judge.


Injunction Stayed by published opinion.

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

On February 20, 1997, after 18 years of public debate, the Virginia General Assembly passed, by a substantial margin, Virginia's Parental Notice Act, Va.Code § 16.1-241(V), and on March 22, 1997, Virginia's Governor Allen signed the Act into law. By its terms, the Act was to go into effect at 12:01 Tuesday morning, July 1.

As the title denotes, the Act is a parental notice statute...

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