Parental consent; stringent Miss. law passes muster

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The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has in Barnes v. Mississippi upheld a state law requiring minors to have parental consent or a judicial bypass in order to secure an abortion. The consent must come from both parents. The court stated that its decision followed Planned Parenthood v. Casey in making the state's interest in regulating abortion and the severity of the burden imposed by that regulation dispositive. The burden was deemed reasonable in view of the opportunity for judicial bypass.

Cases, Parent and child (Law), Abortion

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On and on; will the new amendments cut Rule 11 litigation down to size?

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The amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 aim to discourage frivolous litigation by having those sanctioned compensate the courts. Doing away with frivolous suits, however, will also do away with the numerous, humorous judicial opinions that come from these cases. Two 1992 examples of such opinions come from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Brandt v Schal Associates Inc and the 1st Circuit in Navarro-Ayala v Nunez.

Laws, regulations and rules, Humor and anecdotes, Frivolous suits (Civil procedure), Judicial opinions

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