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· 6/23/1903

State ex rel. New Orleans & C. R., Light & Power Co. v. St. Paul

Citations

  • 110 La. 722
  • 34 So. 750
  • 1903 La. LEXIS 700

Syllabus

<p>MANDAMUS TO JUDGE — SEVERANCE AT TRIAL.</p> <p>1. As a matter of reason and authority, the determination of the question of severance vel non involves the exercise of a judicial discretion vested in the trial judge, and his action in the premises is not reviewable by mandamus.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>

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  • holding state law unconstitutional because it prohibited abortions after 15 weeks gestation except in medical emergency or in case of severe fetal abnormality
  • holding state law unconstitutional because it prohibited abortions after 15 weeks gestation except in medical emergency or in case of severe fetal abnormality
  • enjoining a Mississippi law that banned abortions after fifteen weeks; Mississippi still bans abortion at twenty weeks LMP under Miss. Code § 41-41-137

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Judges: Monroe

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