SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER OF ALABAMA, INC. v. RILEY

No. CIV.A.02-A-1064-N.

318 F.Supp.2d 1109 (2003)

SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER OF ALABAMA, INC.; New Women's Health Care; Beacon Women's Center; on behalf of themselves and their patients seeking abortions, Plaintiffs, v. Bob RILEY, in his official capacity as Governor for the State of Alabama and his agents and successors; Bill Pryor, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Alabama and his agents and successors; Donald Williamson, M.D., in his official capacity as State Health Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health and his agents and successors; and Ellen Brooks, in her official capacity as Montgomery District Attorney and as representatives of the class of district attorneys for the State of Alabama, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

December 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela Hooton, Linda A. Rosenthal, New York City, David A. Gespass, Gespass & Johnson, Birmingham, AL, Mark Wayne Sabel, Sabel & Sabel, P. C., Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiffs.

A. Eric Johnston, Birmingham, AL, Charles B. Campbell, William H. Pryor, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, John R. Wible, Patricia Elaine Ivie, Department of Public Health, Troy R. King, William D. Dill, Office of the Governor, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALBRITTON, Chief Judge.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case is before the court on a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. # 107), filed by the Plaintiffs on November 25, 2003.

The Plaintiffs are a group of health care facilities and physicians who provide abortion services in the State of Alabama. They are challenging the State of Alabama's Woman's Right to Know Act ("the...

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