N.Y. EX REL. SPITZER v. OPERATION RESCUE NATIONAL

Docket Nos. 00-9076(L), 00-9188(Con).

273 F.3d 184 (2001)

People of the State of NEW YORK, by Eliot SPITZER Attorney General of the State of New York, Buffalo Gyn Womenservices, Shalom Press, M.D., Planned Parenthood, of the Rochester/Syracuse Region, Pro-Choice Network, of Western New York and Morris Wortman, M.D., Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, v. OPERATION RESCUE NATIONAL, Lambs of Christ, Christian American Family Life Association, Philip Benham, a/k/a "Flip", Norman Weslin, Norman Crawford, Richard Armenia, Mary Arno, John Blanchard, Paul Arno, John Barron, Albert Boettcher, Eva Boldt, Martin Chaberlain, Ken Delozier, Amy Dorscheid, Robert Dorscheid, Daniel Drury, Darren Drzymala, Alan Fricke, Amy Fricke, James Govola, Mary Sue Govola, Kenneth Harms, Michael Iluzzi, Karen Jackson, Eric Johns, Bernice Kleinhammer, Paul Koehn, Richard Krulewicz, Daniel Lamantain-Leatherman, Rosina Lotempio, Edmund Lutz, Dennis Marriott, Dennis Marriott, David Martin, Arnold Matheson, Michael McBride, William Michael, James Missall, Michael Mombrea, Dwight Monagan, Jacob Meuller, Sharon Murphy, Linda Palm, Hettie Pascoe, Robert Pokalsky, Dan Przywuski, Robert Raco, Jacqueline Rademacher, Rene Riddle, W. Randolph Smith, William Smith, Sherrie Sterlace, Roseanne Sutter, Gerald Sutter, John Urgo, John Vandeven, Mickey Vandeven, Nancy Walker, Phyllis Walker, Calvin Zastrow, John and Jane Does, the last two named being fictitious names, the real names of such persons being currently unknown but who are active in defendant organizations or act in concert with the above named individuals to engage in, or who will engage in, the conduct complained of herein, Defendants-Counter-Defendants, Rescue Rochester, Mary Beth Powley, Last Call Ministries, Bob Behn, Bonnie Behn and Gerald Crawford, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, Michael Warren and Mary Melfi, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent P. McCarthy, American Center for Law and Justice Northeast, Inc., New Milford, CT, for Appellant Michael Warren.

Christopher A. Ferrara, American Catholic Lawyers Association, Inc., Ramsey, NJ, for Appellant Mary Melfi.

Jennifer K. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, New York, NY, (Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, of counsel), for Appellee People of the State of New York.

Lucinda M. Finley, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, for Appellees Buffalo GYN Womenservices, Inc., Shalom Press, M.D., Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region, Pro-Choice Network of Western New York, and Morris Wortman, M.D.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, F.I. PARKER, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.


STRAUB, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants Mary Melfi and Rev. Michael Warren appeal from a preliminary injunction entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Richard J. Arcara, Judge) which, inter alia, imposes no-protest "buffer zones" at a broad range of health care facilities that offer reproductive health services in the Western District of New York, provides for expanded zones at two particular clinics in...

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