No. 18-837

Scott Harris, in His Official Capacity as State Health Officer, et al. v. West Alabama Women's Center, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (6)Relisted (11)
Tags: abortion abortion-ban abortion-rights constitutional-challenge dismemberment due-process gonzales-v-carhart medical-debate medical-procedure partial-birth-abortion reproductive-rights state-law state-regulation unborn-child
Latest Conference: 2019-06-27 (distributed 11 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a state ban on dismemberment abortions is unconstitutional where there is a reasonable medical debate that alternatives to the banned procedure are safe?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state ban on dismemberment abortions is unconstitutional where there is a reasonable medical debate that alternatives to the banned procedure are safe?

Docket Entries

2019-06-28
Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, concurring in the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
2019-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2019.
2019-06-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-06-12
Rescheduled.
2019-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-06-05
Rescheduled.
2019-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
2019-05-29
Rescheduled.
2019-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-21
Rescheduled.
2019-05-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-05-15
Rescheduled.
2019-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-05-08
Rescheduled.
2019-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-24
Rescheduled.
2019-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-04-16
Rescheduled.
2019-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
2019-04-09
Rescheduled.
2019-03-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-15
Reply of petitioners Steven T. Marshall, et al. filed.
2019-03-04
Brief of respondents West Alabama Women's Center, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-02-04
Brief amicus curiae of Christian Medical & Dental Associations filed.
2019-02-04
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
2019-02-04
Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, et al. filed.
2019-02-01
Brief amicus curiae of Trinity Legal Center filed.
2019-01-30
Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Moral Law, et al. filed.
2019-01-18
Brief amici curiae of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists, et al. filed.
2019-01-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 4, 2019.
2019-01-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 4, 2019 to March 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)
2018-11-02
Application (18A472) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 20, 2018.
2018-10-31
Application (18A472) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 20, 2018 to December 20, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PRO-LIFE OBSTETRICIANS & GYNECOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PEDIATRICIANS
Mary Elizabeth McAlisterLiberty Counsel, Amicus
American Center for Law and Justice
Jay Alan Sekulow — Amicus
Christian Medical & Dental Associations
Kevin Hayden TheriotAlliance Defending Freedom, Amicus
Foundation for Moral Law, Personhood Alabama, and The Adoption Law Firm
Matthew James ClarkFoundation for Moral Law, Inc., Amicus
Louisiana, et al.
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Amicus
Steven T. Marshall, et al.
James William DavisState of Alabama, Office of the Attorney General, Petitioner
Trinity Legal Center
Linda Boston SchlueterTrinity Legal Center, Amicus
West Alabama Women's Center, et al.
Andrew D. BeckAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Respondent