NOVA HEALTH SYSTEMS v. EDMONDSON

No. 05-5085.

460 F.3d 1295 (2006)

NOVA HEALTH SYSTEMS, d/b/a Reproductive Services, on behalf of itself, its staff and its patients, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W.A. Drew EDMONDSON, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma; and TIM HARRIS, in his official capacity as Tulsa County District Attorney, and their employees, agents and successors in office, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford M. Cohen, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, N.Y. (Galen Sherwin, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY, M.M. Hardwick, Hardwick Law Office, Tulsa, OK, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Teresa S. Collett, Special Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, Minneapolis, MN (David T. Iski and James D. Dunn, Assistant District Attorneys, Tulsa County District Attorney's Office, Tulsa, OK, with her on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MURPHY, EBEL and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Nova Health Systems ("Nova") challenges the district court's denial of its motion to enjoin a recently-enacted state statute requiring parental notification before a minor may receive an abortion. Specifically, Nova argues that the statute fails to ensure that a minor's petition for judicial approval of an abortion without notification to her parents will be decided with "sufficient expedition." As the text of the statute plainly...

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