Humble v. Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc.
Petition for certiorari denied on December 15, 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.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Sep 2 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 10, 2014) |
| Sep 30 2014 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 10, 2014, for all respondents. |
| Oct 10 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc. filed. |
| Oct 10 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed. |
| Oct 10 2014 | Brief amici curiae of 38 Arizona Legislators filed. |
| Oct 10 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Women Injured by RU-486, et al. filed. |
| Nov 10 2014 | Brief of respondents Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc., et al. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 19 2014 | Reply of petitioner William Humble, Director, Arizona Department of Health Services filed. |
| Nov 25 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 12, 2014. |
| Dec 15 2014 | Petition DENIED. |
