Legal Citation: 462 U.S. 416 (1983)

Petitioner
City of Akron

Respondent
Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc.

Petitioner's Claim
That restrictions of a city ordinance on abortions performed during the second trimester of pregnancy do not violate a woman's right to abortion. The Akron Center for Reproductive Health countersued.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Alan G. Segedy

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Stephan Landsman

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (writing for the Court), John Paul Stevens

Justices Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Place
Washington D.C.

Date of Decision
15 June 1983

Decision
The restrictions were struck down...