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Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma, et al. v. Larry Jegley, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 16-2234 · judgment July 28, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 29, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

When a state abortion law mandating a “contracted physician” with hospital admitting privileges would effectively ban medication abortion, offer no discernible medical benefit, and leave only one remaining abortion provider hundreds of miles away from significant population centers, does the undue burden test established in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 136 S. Ct. 2292 (2016), and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), entitle a court to preliminarily enjoin the law without making a concrete estimate of the number of women who would be prevented or postponed in having an abortion?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Carrie Y. Flaxman
Planned Parenthood Federation of America

For respondent
Nicholas Jacob Bronni
Solicitor General of Arkansas

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. May 29 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 08 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/24/2018.
  3. May 08 2018
    Reply of petitioners Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma, et al. filed. (Distributed)
  4. Apr 18 2018
    Brief of respondents Larry Jegley, et al. in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 27 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 18, 2018.
  6. Mar 19 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 11, 2018 to April 18, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Feb 28 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 11, 2018.
  8. Feb 14 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 12, 2018 to April 11, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Feb 08 2018
    Response Requested. (Due March 12, 2018)
  10. Feb 07 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018.
  11. Feb 01 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents Larry Jegley, et al. to respond filed.
  12. Feb 01 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors, et al. filed.
  13. Feb 01 2018
    Brief amici curiae of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American Public Health Association filed. (Distributed)
  14. Dec 21 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 1, 2018)