Court Filings: Pleadings, Motions & Briefs

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Hoye v. Oakland: Amicus Brief

03.03.10 - In August 2009, the District Court for the Northern District of California upheld an Oakland, California city ordinance that creates a “bubble” zone" around reproductive health care facilities against a constitutional challenge by an anti-…

Friend-of-the Court Brief: James Roger Demers v. Canada

11.25.09 - (On October 30, the Center's U.S. Legal Program submitted its first friend-of-the-court brief to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).) …

Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring: Virginia's Partial Birth Infanticide Act of 2003

11.18.09 - Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-71.1

WEST'S ANNOTATED CODE OF VIRGINIA
TITLE 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
CHAPTER 4. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON…

Nova Health Systems v. Henry: Petition

11.10.09 - Oklahoma - 2008

Nova Health Systems v. Henry: Petition…

Davis v. W.A. Drew Edmondson: Memorandum of Law

09.30.09 - Download the Memorandum of Law in the case Davis v. W.A. Drew Edmondson below >…

Davis v. W.A. Drew Edmondson: Petition

09.30.09 - Download the the petition in the case Davis v. W.A. Drew Edmondson below >…

Tucson Women's Center v. Arizona Medical Board: Complaint

09.23.09 - Download the the complaint in the case Tucson Women's Center v. Arizona Medical Board below >…

Tucson Women's Center v. Arizona Medical Board: Memorandum of Law

09.23.09 - In this facial and as-applied challenge, Plaintiffs seek immediate injunctive relief against two provisions of 2009 AZ HB 2564 ("the Act"), an omnibus anti-abortion bill passed by the Arizona legislature earlier this year…

Tummino v. von Eschenbach: FDA Decision 2009

03.27.09 -
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Federal Court Rules FDA Must Reconsider Plan B Decision

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Federal Court Rules FDA Must Reconsider Plan B Decision

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Norris v. Nelson Amicus Brief

01.20.09 - Norris v. Nelson Amicus Brief

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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Petitioners' Supreme Court Brief

12.16.08 - QUESTION PRESENTED
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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Petitioners' Supreme Court Reply Brief

12.16.08 - South Carolina…

Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by the Lindesmith Center

12.16.08 - MOTION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, ET AL., FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by the ACLU

12.16.08 - BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE RELIGIOUS COALITION FOR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE, FIFTY-THREE OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOURTEEN CLERGY AND LAYPERSONS IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT…

Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by Rutherford Institute

12.16.08 - MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
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Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by NARAL

12.16.08 - South Carolina…

Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by National Coalition for Child Protection Reform et al.

12.16.08 - MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AS AMICI CURIAE AND BRIEF OF THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR CHILD PROTECTION REFORM, NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW, JUVENILE LAW CENTER, THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN, and LOYOLA UNIVERSITY…

Ferguson v. City of Charleston: Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners Submitted by the AMA

12.16.08 - South Carolina

Motion of the American Medical Association for leave to file brief as Amicus Curiae in support of neither party..…

Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State : Plaintiffs' Appellee Brief

12.16.08 - ALASKA

Ak. Const. art. I, § 1…

Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State: Post Trial Brief

12.16.08 - PLAINTIFFS' POST-TRIAL BRIEF…

Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State: Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

12.16.08 - IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE…

Amicus brief (Slovak)_Slovokia

Amicus brief (English)_Slovak

Stenberg v. Carhart: Nebraska's Supreme Court brief

12.16.08 - The Petitioners are Don Stenberg, Attorney General of the State of Nebraska; Gina Dunning, Director of Regulation and Licensure of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; and Charles Andrews, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of the State of Nebraska…

Stenberg v. Carhart: CRR's Supreme Court brief

12.16.08 - QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. Whether the Nebraska partial-birth abortion statute violates women's right to privacy because it bans a broad range of abortion procedures, including the safest method of second-trimester abortion, without regard to fetal viability?
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Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring: CRR's Opposition to Petition for Rehearing En Banc

12.16.08 - Pursuant to this Court’s order dated June 12, 2008, Plaintiffs-Appellees Richmond Medical Center for Women and William G. Fitzhugh, M.D. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) hereby respond to the petition for rehearing en banc filed by Defendants-Appellants Michael N. Herring and Wade A…

Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring: Virginia's Petition for Rehearing En Banc

12.16.08 - PETITION FOR REHEARING AND REHEARING EN BANC
Virginia - 2008
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CRR Amicus Brief_Poland

Rai v. Union of India: CRR's Memo

Amicus Brief_Hungary

Amicus Brief_France

Amicus Brief_Ireland

Kharel v. Government of Nepal: Center's Memos to Supreme Court of Nepal

12.16.08 - I. Nepal’s existing abortion law, in permitting abortion during the first trimester without restriction as to reason or need for spousal consent, respects women’s basic human rights and should be reaffirmed.
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