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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

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Appellants

William L. Webster, Attorney General of Missouri, et al.

Appellees

Reproductive Health Services, et al.

Appellants' Claim

That the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred in overturning Missouri's laws restricting access to abortions.

Chief Lawyers for Appellants

William L. Webster, representing himself pro se (without counsel)

Chief Lawyer for Appellees

Frank Susman

Justices for the Court

Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Anthony M. Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting

None

Place

Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision

3 July 1989

Decision

Upheld Missouri's restrictions on access to abortion.

Related Cases

  • Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965).
  • Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
  • Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 883 (1992).

Additional topics

Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1989 to 1994