Whole Woman's Health v. Cole
| Decision Date | 19 June 2015 |
| Docket Number | No. 14–50928.,14–50928. |
| Citation | 790 F.3d 598 (Mem) |
| Parties | WHOLE WOMAN'S HEALTH; Austin Women's Health Center ; Killeen Women's Health Center ; Nova Health Systems, doing business as Reproductive Services; Sherwood C. Lynn, Jr., M.D., on behalf of themselves and their patients; Pamela J. Richter, D.O., on behalf of themselves and their patients; Lendol L. Davis, M.D., on behalf of themselves and their patients, Plaintiffs–Appellees–Cross–Appellants, v. Kirk COLE, M.D., Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, in his Official Capacity; Mari Robinson, Executive Director of the Texas Medical Board, in her Official Capacity, Defendants–Appellants–Cross–Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Stephanie Toti, Esq., Staff Attorney (argued), Esha Bhandari, David Patrick Brown, Joseph Alexander Lawrence, Esq., Morrison & Foerster, L.L.P., New York, N.Y., Patrick J. O'Connell, Jan Soifer, O'Connell & Soifer, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Betre Mussie Gizaw, Morrison & Foerster, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs–Appellees–Cross–Appellants.
Scott A. Keller, Solicitor, Jonathan F. Mitchell (argued), James Davis Blacklock, Senior Counsel, Beth Ellen Klusmann, Esq., Michael P. Murphy, Andrew S. Oldham, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Attorney General Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendants–Appellants–Cross–Appellees.
Walter Martin Weber, Stuart J. Roth, Mailee Rebecca Smith, Esq., Americans United For Life, Steven H. Aden, Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrence John Joseph, Carrie Yvette Flaxman, Planned Parenthood Federation Of America, Kimberly A. Parker, Wilmerhale, Washington, DC, CeCe Heil, Jay A. Sekulow, Esq., Virginia Beach, VA, Michael J. Norton, Natalie Lynn Decker, Alliance Defending Freedom, Greenwood Village, CO, Catherine Glenn Foster, Catherine Wynne Short, Life Legal Defense Foundation, Ojai, CA, Gregory R. Terra, Georgetown, TX, Allan Edward Parker, Jr., Justice Foundation, San Antonio, TX, Stephen Daniel Casey Esq., Round Rock, TX, for Amicus Curiae.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin; Lee Yeakel, Judge.
Before PRADO, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
On June 9, 2015, we issued an opinion in Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, No. 14–50928, 790 F.3d 563, 2015 WL 3604750 (5th Cir. Jun. 9, 2015). We now MODIFY our opinion and judgment of June 9, 2015 to provide that the district court's injunction of the ASC requirement (as defined in the June 9 opinion) as...
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