BRISTOL REGIONAL WOMEN'S CENTER, P.C. v. SLATERY

No. 20-6267.

988 F.3d 329 (2021)

BRISTOL REGIONAL WOMEN'S CENTER, P.C.; Memphis Center for Reproductive Health, on behalf of itself and its patients, Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health; Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, formerly known as Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, and Dr. Kimberly Looney, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Herbert H. SLATERY, III, Attorney General of Tennessee, Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General of Nashville, Tennessee, Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General of Shelby County, Tennessee; Barry P. Staubus, District Attorney General of Sullivan County, Tennessee, Charme P. Allen, Lisa Piercey, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, and W. Reeves Johnson, Jr., M.D., President of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON MOTION AND REPLY: Sarah K. Campbell , Mark Alexander Carver , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. ON RESPONSE: Autumn Katz , Michelle Moriarty , Rabia Muqaddam , CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, New York, New York, Maithreyi Ratakonda , PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, New York, New York, Scott Tift , BARRETT JOHNSTON MARTIN & GARRISON, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, Michael J. Dell , Jason M. Moff , KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP, New York, New York for Appellees.

MOORE, J., delivered the order of the court in which WHITE, J., joined. THAPAR, J. (pp. 344-53), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


ORDER

"Unfortunately, the teachings of precedent are not always as clear as we might wish." Wright v. Spaulding, 939 F.3d 695, 699 (6th Cir. 2019) (Thapar, J.). This bit of wisdom rings particularly true for the resolution of the motion to stay pending appeal before us today, which targets the...

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