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In Causeway, however, two additional named defendants (the Secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Secretary of the Department of Social Services) appear to have possessed some enforcement connection with the challenged statute.
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No. 99-30324.
August 17, 2000.
Simon Lawrence Heller (argued), Priscilla Joyce Smith, Center for Reproductive Law Policy, New York City, William E. Rittenberg, Rittenberg Samuel, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Dorina C. Bordlee (argued), Metairie, LA, Roy A. Mongrue, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.
Nikolas Theodore Nikas, Americans United for Life, Scottsdale, AZ, for Donelon and Casanova.
John S. Baker, Jr., LSU Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA, pro se.
Paul Benjamin Linton, Northbrook, IL, for New Orleans Right to Life Educational Foundation Inc., Amicus Curiae.
Terry Anne O'Neill, Tulane Law Clinic, New Orleans, LA, for The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana, Louisiana Chapter of the National Organization for Women and Planned Parenthood of Louisiana Inc., Amicus Curiae.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
In the light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Stenberg v. Carhart, 120 S.Ct. 2597 (2000), the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. The State of Louisiana's motion to certify a question to the Louisiana Supreme Court regarding the construction of La. Act 906 of 1997 (La.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 14:32.9 (West 2000)) is DENIED.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED; MOTION DENIED.