PLANNED PARENTHOOD GULF COAST, INC. v. PHILLIPS

No. 18-30699.

5 F.4th 568 (2021)

PLANNED PARENTHOOD GULF COAST, INCORPORATED; Planned Parenthood Center for Choice; Jane Doe #1; Jane Doe #2; Jane Doe #3, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Courtney N. PHILLIPS, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy K. Van Zant , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Menlo Park, CA, Dylan M. Bensinger , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Carrie Yvette Flaxman , Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, DC, Kourosh Jahansouz , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P. San Francisco, CA, Jennifer Keighley , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., New York, NY, David Rhinesmith , Rachel Gabriella Shalev , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Christopher J. Richart , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Higginbotham, Elrod, and Ho, Circuit Judges.


Two Planned Parenthood entities and three Jane Does brought this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the Louisiana Department of Health is unlawfully declining to act on Planned Parenthood Center for Choice's application for a license to provide abortion services in Louisiana. The Department moved...

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