Portland Feminist Women's Health Center v. Advocates For Life

34 F.3d 845 PORTLAND FEMINIST WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER, an Oregon nonprofit corporation; Amy Aycrigg; Geri Craig, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ADVOCATES FOR LIFE, INC., an Oregon nonprofit corporation; et al., Defendants-Appellants. No. 91-35512. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 16, 1992. Submission Withdrawn Oct. 29, 1992. Resubmitted Aug. 25, 1994. Decided Sept. 2, 1994. Henry Kane, Beaverton, OR, for defendants-appellants. Stephen S. Walters and Mary K. VanderWeele, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Portland, OR, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before: BEEZER, NOONAN, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. TROTT, Circuit Judge: 1 This case involves an attempt by an abortion clinic to identify and to use a legal remedy to prevent anti-abortion activists from disrupting the performance of the clinic's services to women. The plaintiff, Portland Feminist Women's Health Center ("PFWHC"), sued right-to-life activists under, inter alia, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 1985 (3) and 1986 on behalf of a class of women who sought to exercise their right to have an abortion. PFWHC claimed the defendants…