LIBERTAD v. SANCHEZ

No. 99-1914.

215 F.3d 206 (2000)

Lydia LIBERTAD; Emilia Emancipacion; Grupo Pro Derechos Reproductivos; Mary Rivera; Sociedad Instituto Gineco-Quirurgico; Ana E. Gonzalez-Davila; Dr. Rafael Castro; Ladies Medical Center, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Carlos SANCHEZ, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie Scott Jones, with whom Simon Heller and Center for Reproductive Law & Policy were on brief, for appellants.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.


STAHL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal results from a lawsuit brought against a number of anti-abortion activists by a women's rights organization, three facilities that perform abortions in Puerto Rico (together with their directors), and two women who, as a result of defendants' conduct, failed to secure desired medical treatment at the facilities. The district court initially granted defendants summary judgment on all claims, but we reversed that decision in large part...

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