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No. 779568
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Crystal M. Ferguson Paula S. Hale Ellen L. Knight Patricia R. Williams Lori Griffin Pamela Pear Sandra Powell Laverne Singleton Theresa Joseph Darlene M. Nicholson, and State-Record Company, Incorporated the Evening Post Publishing Company, Intervenors-Plaintiffs v. City of Charleston, South Carolina Harrison L. Peoples, Dr. Thomas C. Rowland, Jr., Dr. Stanley C. Baker, Jr., Dr. Charles B. Hanna, Dr. Cotesworth P. Fishburne, Dr. E. Conyers O'bryan, Dr. Melvyn Berlinsky Patricia T. Smith M.J. Cooper Herbert C. Granger Robert C. Lake, Jr. Phillip D. Sasser Claudia W. Peoples Carroll v. Bing, Jr., Dr., as Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina in Their Official Capacities Reuben Greenberg Charles Molony Condon David Schwacke Shirley Brown, R.N. Edgar O. Horger, Iii, M.D. Victor Del Bene John Sanders William B. Pittard, M.D. Roger Newman, M.D. Harold Bivens, M.D. Melesia Henry, R.N., Personally and in Their Official Capacities, Center for Constitutional Rights South Carolina Medical Association American Public Health Association American Academy on Physician and Patient Society of General Internal Medicine American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs National Medical Association Global Lawyers and Physicians Adrienne Asch, ph.d., M.S. John Arras, ph.d. Jeffrey Blustein, ph.d. James Campbell Arthur Caplan, ph.d. Nancy Neveloff Dubler, J.D. Ruth Faden, ph.d., M.P.H. John Fletcher, ph.d. Jeanine Gage, M.S., R.N., C.S. Leonard Glantz, J.D. Susan Dorr Goold, M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. Michael Grodin, M.D., F.A.A.P. Jeffrey Kahn, ph.d., M.P.H. Jay Katz, M.D. Loretta Kopelmann, ph.d. Steven Leuthner, M.D., M.A. Ruth MacKlin ph.d. Mary Faith Marshall, ph.d. Anna C. Mastroianni, J.D., M.P.H. Steven H. Miles, M.D. Lawrence J. Nelson, Ph. D. Robert M. Nelson, M.D., ph.d. Linda Farber Post, B.S.N., M.A., J.D. Howard B. Radest, ph.d. Sally Webb, M.D., Amicus Curiae
No. 779568 · Decided October 17, 2002
No. 779568·Fourth Circuit · 2002·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
October 17, 2002
Citation
No. 779568
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Crystal M. Ferguson Paula S. Hale Ellen L. Knight Patricia R. Williams Lori Griffin Pamela Pear Sandra Powell Laverne Singleton Theresa Joseph Darlene M. Nicholson, and State-Record Company, Incorporated the Evening Post Publishing Company, Intervenors-Plaintiffs v. City of Charleston, South Carolina Harrison L. Peoples, Dr. Thomas C. Rowland, Jr., Dr. Stanley C. Baker, Jr., Dr. Charles B. Hanna, Dr. Cotesworth P. Fishburne, Dr. E. Conyers O'bryan, Dr. Melvyn Berlinsky Patricia T. Smith M.J. Cooper Herbert C. Granger Robert C. Lake, Jr. Phillip D. Sasser Claudia W. Peoples Carroll v. Bing, Jr., Dr., as Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina in Their Official Capacities Reuben Greenberg Charles Molony Condon David Schwacke Shirley Brown, R.N. Edgar O. Horger, Iii, M.D. Victor Del Bene John Sanders William B. Pittard, M.D. Roger Newman, M.D. Harold Bivens, M.D. Melesia Henry, R.N., Personally and in Their Official Capacities, Center for Constitutional Rights South Carolina Medical Association American Public Health Association American Academy on Physician and Patient Society of General Internal Medicine American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs National Medical Association Global Lawyers and Physicians Adrienne Asch, ph.d., M.S. John Arras, ph.d. Jeffrey Blustein, ph.d. James Campbell Arthur Caplan, ph.d. Nancy Neveloff Dubler, J.D. Ruth Faden, ph.d., M.P.H. John Fletcher, ph.d. Jeanine Gage, M.S., R.N., C.S. Leonard Glantz, J.D. Susan Dorr Goold, M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. Michael Grodin, M.D., F.A.A.P. Jeffrey Kahn, ph.d., M.P.H. Jay Katz, M.D. Loretta Kopelmann, ph.d. Steven Leuthner, M.D., M.A. Ruth MacKlin ph.d. Mary Faith Marshall, ph.d. Anna C. Mastroianni, J.D., M.P.H. Steven H. Miles, M.D. Lawrence J. Nelson, Ph. D. Robert M. Nelson, M.D., ph.d. Linda Farber Post, B.S.N., M.A., J.D. Howard B. Radest, ph.d. Sally Webb, M.D., Amicus Curiae is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Crystal M. Ferguson Paula S. Hale Ellen L. Knight Patricia R. Williams Lori Griffin Pamela Pear Sandra Powell Laverne Singleton Theresa Joseph Darlene M. Nicholson, and State-Record Company, Incorporated the Evening Post Publishing Company, Intervenors-Plaintiffs v. City of Charleston, South Carolina Harrison L. Peoples, Dr. Thomas C. Rowland, Jr., Dr. Stanley C. Baker, Jr., Dr. Charles B. Hanna, Dr. Cotesworth P. Fishburne, Dr. E. Conyers O'bryan, Dr. Melvyn Berlinsky Patricia T. Smith M.J. Cooper Herbert C. Granger Robert C. Lake, Jr. Phillip D. Sasser Claudia W. Peoples Carroll v. Bing, Jr., Dr., as Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina in Their Official Capacities Reuben Greenberg Charles Molony Condon David Schwacke Shirley Brown, R.N. Edgar O. Horger, Iii, M.D. Victor Del Bene John Sanders William B. Pittard, M.D. Roger Newman, M.D. Harold Bivens, M.D. Melesia Henry, R.N., Personally and in Their Official Capacities, Center for Constitutional Rights South Carolina Medical Association American Public Health Association American Academy on Physician and Patient Society of General Internal Medicine American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs National Medical Association Global Lawyers and Physicians Adrienne Asch, ph.d., M.S. John Arras, ph.d. Jeffrey Blustein, ph.d. James Campbell Arthur Caplan, ph.d. Nancy Neveloff Dubler, J.D. Ruth Faden, ph.d., M.P.H. John Fletcher, ph.d. Jeanine Gage, M.S., R.N., C.S. Leonard Glantz, J.D. Susan Dorr Goold, M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A. Michael Grodin, M.D., F.A.A.P. Jeffrey Kahn, ph.d., M.P.H. Jay Katz, M.D. Loretta Kopelmann, ph.d. Steven Leuthner, M.D., M.A. Ruth MacKlin ph.d. Mary Faith Marshall, ph.d. Anna C. Mastroianni, J.D., M.P.H. Steven H. Miles, M.D. Lawrence J. Nelson, Ph. D. Robert M. Nelson, M.D., ph.d. Linda Farber Post, B.S.N., M.A., J.D. Howard B. Radest, ph.d. Sally Webb, M.D., Amicus Curiae in the current circuit citation data.
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