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Thomas E. Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 19-1392, Case No. 18-60868 (Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: Accessed August 20, 2021
United States v. Texas, Slip Opinion Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (No. 21-588, re: SB 8 Texas Heartbeat Act, writ of certiorari is dismissed and improvidently granted and the application to vacate stay presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the court is denied). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: December 10, 2021
Whole Woman's Health et al. v Jackson, Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (No. 21-463, action under SB 8 Texas Heartbeat Act is permissible in some cases but not others). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: December 10, 2021
Whole Woman's Health et al. v Jackson, petition for a writ of mandamus to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (No. 21-463, re: SB 8 Texas Heartbeat Act). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: January 3, 2022
Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Austin Reeve Jackson, et al.; Order (No. 21A220 (21-463), remanding the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Supreme Court
Publication Date: December 16, 2021
Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Judge Austin Reeve Jackson, et al.; Opinion (No. 21-50792, SB 8, 87th R.S., asking the Texas Supreme Court to consider whether abortion providers can sue Texas medical licensing officials). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
By U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Publication Date: January 17, 2022