Home > Great American Court Cases > Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth

Legal Citation: 428 U.S. 52 (1976)

Appellant
Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri; David Hall, M.D.; Michael Freiman, M.D.

Appellee
John C. Danforth, Attorney General of Missouri

Appellant's Claim
That under the guidelines established by the Court in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, and under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, a Missouri abortion statute is unconstitutional.

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
John C. Danforth

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Frank Susman

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
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