GOTTFRIED v. MEDICAL PLANNING SERVICES, INC.

No. 97-3076.

142 F.3d 326 (1998)

Holly GOTTFRIED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEDICAL PLANNING SERVICES, INC.; Offices of Manohar Lal, M.D.; Manohar Lal, M.D.; County of Summit, Ohio; Summit County Sheriff Richard Warren; and The Honorable Jane Bond, Judge of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denies July 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Perotti (argued), Susan E. Rusnak (briefed), Dworken & Bernstein, Painesville, OH, for Holly Gottfried.

Robert M. Gippin (argued), Karen Grasso (briefed), Daniel M. McIntyre (briefed), Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Akron, OH, for Medical Planning Services, Inc., Manohar Offices of Manohar Lal, M.D., and Manohar Lal.

Allyson L. Miller-Leonard (argued), Christopher Carl Esker (briefed), Summit County Prosecutor'S Office, Akron, OH, for Summit County, Richard Warren, and Honorable Jane Bond.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; MERRITT and CLAY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denies July 10, 1998.

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Holly Gottfried wants to picket the home, OB/GYN office, and abortion clinic of a physician in Akron, Ohio, but a state court injunction, entered twelve years ago, restricts her right to do so. Rather than disobey the injunction and risk contempt or imprisonment, she brought the present action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asking the federal...

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