TUCSON WOMAN'S CLINIC v. EDEN

Nos. 02-17375, 02-17381, 02-17382.

371 F.3d 1173 (2004)

TUCSON WOMAN'S CLINIC, on behalf of themselves and their patients seeking abortions; Damon Raphael, M.D.; Robert H. Tamis, M.D.; Old Pueblo Family Planning; William Richardson, M.D.; Simat Corp. dba Abortion Services of Phoenix, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Catherine EDEN, in her capacity as the Director of Arizona Department of Health Services; Richard M. Romley, in his capacity as Maricopa County Attorney; Terry Goddard, Defendants-Appellees. Tucson Woman's Clinic, on behalf of themselves and their patients seeking abortions; Damon Raphael, M.D.; Robert H. Tamis, M.D.; Old Pueblo Family Planning; William Richardson, M.D.; Simat Corp. dba Abortion Services of Phoenix, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Catherine Eden, in her capacity as the Director of Arizona Department of Health Services; Terry Goddard, Defendants-Appellants, and Richard M. Romley, in his capacity as Maricopa County Attorney, Defendant. Tucson Woman's Clinic, on behalf of themselves and their patients seeking abortions; Damon Raphael, M.D.; Robert H. Tamis, M.D.; Old Pueblo Family Planning; William Richardson, M.D.; Simat Corp. dba Abortion Services of Phoenix, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Catherine Eden, in her capacity as the Director of Arizona Department of Health Services; Terry Goddard, Defendants, and Richard M. Romley, in his capacity as Maricopa County Attorney, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie Scott Jones, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY, for the plaintiffs-appellants and cross-appellees.

Kevin D. Ray and Lynne C. Adams, Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellees and cross-appellants Catherine Eden and Terry Goddard.

Denise M. Burke, Special Deputy Maricopa County Attorneys, San Antonio, TX; Nicholas T. Nikas, Deputy Maricopa County Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellee and cross-appellant Richard M. Romley.

Before TASHIMA, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs in this case are physicians who provide abortions in their private medical practices in Arizona. They challenge the constitutionality of a statutory and regulatory scheme which requires the licensing and regulation of any medical facility in which five or more first trimester abortions in any month or any second or third trimester abortions are performed. The district court granted summary judgment in part to plaintiffs, and in part...

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