Robert E. HALL, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Louis J. LEFKOWITZ et al., Defendants.
Reverend Dr. Jesse LYONS, Plaintiff,
v.
Louis J. LEFKOWITZ et al., Defendants.
Helen ABRAMOWICZ, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Louis J. LEFKOWITZ et al., Defendants.
John and Mary DOE et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Louis J. LEFKOWITZ et al., Defendants.
United States District Court S. D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 4, 1969.
November 4, 1969.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Roy Lucas, The James Madison Constitutional Law Institute, Norman Dorsen, School of Law, New York University, Harriet F. Pilpel, Association for the Study of Abortion, Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, and Melvin L. Wulf, Alan H. Levine, The American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, for plaintiffs Robert E. Hall, M. D., and others.
Cyril C. Means, Jr., Lenore D. Kalmus, New York City, for plaintiff Reverend Dr. Jesse Lyons.
Carol H. Lefcourt, Ann M. Garfinkle, Diane Schulder, Florynce Kennedy, Nancy Stearns, New York City, for plaintiffs Helen Abramowicz, M. D., and others.
John DeWitt Gregory, Community Action for Legal Services, New York City, for plaintiffs, Poe, Roe and Moe.
Morton P. Cohen, South Brooklyn Legal Services, Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiff Doe; Marcia Lowry, Napoleon B. Williams, Jr., Alfred Lawrence Toombs, New York City, on the brief; Dan Meyers, New York City, of counsel.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, Frank S. Hogan, Dist. Atty., New York County, Burton B. Roberts, Dist. Atty., Bronx County, New York City, for defendants; Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Burton Lipshie, Daniel J. Sullivan, Asst. Dist. Attys., of counsel.
United States District Court S. D. New York.
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
These are four separate actions challenging New York State's abortion laws on various grounds of constitutional infirmity, including but not limited to vagueness, invasion of right of privacy, denial of equal protection of the laws and due process. The actions, which seek a declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction against enforcement, are brought on behalf of different groups. The plaintiffs in one action are physicians, licensed...
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