United States Eighth Circuit

Grant of injunctive relief to plaintiffs preventing enforcement of Missouri's informed consent provisions for abortions is vacated and ordered modified where the grant of an injunction was not an abuse of discretion but the injunction was overbroad in scope.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2005
• Published 11/16/2005

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, FAGG and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victorine R. Mahon, argued, Assistant Missouri Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donna Lee, argued, New York, NY (Roger Evans of New York, NY, Arthur A. Benson, II and Jamie Kathryn Lansford, Kansas City, MO, and Helene T. Kransoff, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellee.