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Humble v. Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc.

Petition for certiorari denied on December 15, 2014

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
14-284 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2014

Issue: Whether an abortion regulation that is rationally related to the state's interest in maternal health creates an undue burden and is therefore invalid (a) only when it erects a substantial obstacle to obtaining a pre-viability abortion, as the Fifth and Sixth Circuits held, or (b) when "the extent of the burden a law imposes on a woman's right to abortion" outweighs "the strength of the state's justification for the law," as the Ninth Circuit held in the decision below.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/02/2014Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 10, 2014)
09/30/2014Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 10, 2014, for all respondents.
10/10/2014Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc. filed.
10/10/2014Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed.
10/10/2014Brief amici curiae of 38 Arizona Legislators filed.
10/10/2014Brief amici curiae of Women Injured by RU-486, et al. filed.
11/10/2014Brief of respondents Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
11/19/2014Reply of petitioner William Humble, Director, Arizona Department of Health Services filed.
11/25/2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 12, 2014.
12/15/2014Petition DENIED.