MEMPHIS PLANNED PARENTHOOD, INC. v. SUNDQUIST

No. 97-6239.

175 F.3d 456 (1999)

MEMPHIS PLANNED PARENTHOOD, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald SUNDQUIST, Governor of the State of Tennessee, and John Knox Walkup, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Catalano, Associate Solicitor General (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Defendants-Appellants.

Julie K. Sandine, Dodson, Parker & Behm, Nashville, Tennessee, Louise Melling (argued and briefed), Talcott Camp (briefed), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York, Dara Klassel (briefed), Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: KEITH, NELSON, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


ALAN E. NORRIS, J., delivered the opinion of the court. DAVID A. NELSON, J. (pp. 467-68), delivered a separate concurring opinion. KEITH, J. (pp. 468-97), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Memphis Planned Parenthood, Inc., ("MPP") petitioned the district court for a preliminary injunction preventing the State of Tennessee from enforcing its Parental Consent for Abortion by Minors Act ("Consent Act" or "Act"). The district...

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