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Legal Citation: 492 U.S. 490 (1989)

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...