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BRUNI v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH

No. 18-1084.

941 F.3d 73 (2019)

Nikki BRUNI; Julie Cosentino; Cynthia Rinaldi; Kathleen Laslow; Patrick Malley, Appellants v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH; Pittsburgh City Council; Mayor Pittsburgh.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: October 18, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Connelly , Elissa M. Graves , Kevin H. Theriot [ARGUED], Kristen K. Waggoner , David A. Cortman , Alliance Defending Freedom, 15100 North 90th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, Lawrence G. Paladin, Jr. , Suite 6C, 15 Duff Road Pittsburgh, PA 15235, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellants Nikki Bruni, Julie Cosentino, Cynthia Rinaldi, Kathleen Laslow, and Patrick Malley.

Julie E. Koren , Matthew S. McHale * [ARGUED], Yvonne S. Hilton , City of Pittsburgh, Department of Law, 414 Grant Street, 313 City County Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Defendant-Appellees City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City Council, Mayor Pittsburgh.

William A. Bonner, I , 12 Veterans Square, P.O. Box 259, Media, PA 19063, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Life Legal Defense Foundation.

Jamie Cohn , Stephen M. Juris , Janice Mac Avoy , Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, One New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, Susan J. Frietsche , Women's Law Project, Western Pennsylvania Office, 428 Forbes Avenue, Suite 1710, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Counsel for Amici Curiae Women Law Project, National Abortion Federation.

Stephen M. Crampton , P.O. Box 4506, Tupelo, MS 38803, Counsel for Amici Curiae Pro Life Action League, Sidewalk Advocates for Life.

Steven W. Fitschen , The National Legal Foundation, 524 Chesapeake, Chesapeake, VA 23322, Counsel for Amici Curiae Pacific Justice Institute, Concerned Women for America, National Legal Foundation.

Matthew D. Staver , Horatio G Mihet , Roger K. Gannam , Liberty Counsel, P.O. Box 540774, Orlando, FL 32854, Counsel for Amici Curiae Colleen Reilly and Becky Biter.

Erek L. Barron , Whiteford Taylor & Preston, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 800, Rockville, MD 20850, Counsel for Amicus Curiae International Municipal Lawyers.

Before: HARDIMAN, KRAUSE, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This case requires us to determine the constitutionality of a Pittsburgh ordinance that creates a fifteen-foot "buffer zone" outside the entrance of any hospital or healthcare facility. Pittsburgh, Pa., Code § 623.04 (2005) [hereinafter "the Ordinance" or "Pitts. Code"]. In relevant part...

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