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 Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Lucas, Roy. Roy Lucas Abortion Litigation Papers, 1967 - 1973 1000-187 Material in English 14 28 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. Following graduation from New York University Law School in 1967, Roy Lucas published a landmark article, "Federal Constitutional Limitations on the Enforcement and Administration of State Abortion Statutes," in the North Carolina Law Review. Soon his interest in student rights and other civil liberties issues were overwhelmed as abortion litigation came to him in ever-growing volume. In 1969 and 1970 he helped found, with Morris Dees, the James Madison Constitutional Law Institute with offices in New York City and Montgomery, Alabama. This collection documents state and federal abortion laws and court cases in the United States, spanning 1967-1973. It contains state and federal abortion litigation case files, documents, and correspondence; materials of the James Madison Institute; research files on aspects of abortion law, including studies of the Constitution and state laws on rights of the fetus; and publications regarding abortion and abortion laws including newspaper clippings about court cases. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Roy Lucas Abortion Litigation Papers, Collection #1000-187, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Mr. Lucas agreed to place his closed files on abortion cases in the Wesleyan University Collection on Legal Change. The agreement was made in 1969 and a small volume of papers have been received from time to time until the Supreme Court's momentous abortion decision on January 22, 1973 in Roe v. Wade from Texas and Doe v. Bolton from Georgia. At this point a substantial file of papers from Roy Lucas was released to the Collection at Wesleyan.

 Processing Information

Processed by Toby Singer, 1974

Encoded by Andrea Benefiel, March 2010

 Historical Note

Following graduation from New York University Law School in 1967, Roy Lucas published a landmark article, "Federal Constitutional Limitations on the Enforcement and Administration of State Abortion Statutes," in the North Carolina Law Review. Soon his interest in student rights and other civil liberties issues were overwhelmed as abortion litigation came to him in ever-growing volume. In 1969 and 1970 he helped found, with Morris Dees, the James Madison Constitutional Law Institute with offices in New York City and Montgomery, Alabama. In 1972 and 1973 this organization was changed somewhat to become the Population Law Center with offices in San Francisco and Washington, D. C.

Collection Overview

This collection documents state and federal abortion laws and court cases in the United States, spanning 1967 to 1973. It contains state and federal abortion litigation case files, documents, and correspondence; materials of the James Madison Institute; research files on aspects of abortion law, including studies of the Constitution and state laws on rights of the fetus; and publications regarding abortion and abortion laws including newspaper clippings about court cases.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is organized into six series: Abortion Cases, Miscellaneous Correspondence, Lucas Papers, Miscellaneous Cases, Research, and Publications. The bulk of the material is contained within the first series on Abortion Cases, in which the materials are arranged by state, and then chronologically within each state.

Ms. Toby Singer, Wesleyan class of 1974, has undertaken the organization, the boxing and the description of these papers. The work was done in connection with a senior thesis project which took changes in abortion law as its subject. The description of Series and the Container List that follow are entirely the work of Ms. Singer.

 Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Lucas, Roy. Abortion--Law and legislation--United States. Abortion--Law and legislation--United States--Cases. Abortion--Law and legislation--United States--History. Women's rights--United States--Cases. Abortion--United States. Legal documents. Abortion--United States--History--20th century. Trials (Abortion)--United States. James Madison Institute. Roe, Jane, 1947---Trials, litigation, etc. Wade, Henry--Trials, litigation, etc. Abortion--Law and legislation--Arizona. Abortion--Law and legislation--California. Abortion--Law and legislation--Colorado. Abortion--Law and legislation--Connecticut. Abortion--Law and legislation--District of Columbia. Abortion--Law and legislation--Florida. Abortion--Law and legislation--Georgia. Abortion--Law and legislation--Iowa. Abortion--Law and legislation--Kansas. Abortion--Law and legislation--Kentucky. Abortion--Law and legislation--Louisiana. Abortion--Law and legislation--Maryland. Abortion--Law and legislation--Massachusetts. Abortion--Law and legislation--Michigan. Abortion--Law and legislation--Minnesota. Abortion--Law and legislation--Mississippi. Abortion--Law and legislation--Missouri. Abortion--Law and legislation--New Jersey. Abortion--Law and legislation--New York (state). Abortion--Law and legislation--North Carolina. Abortion--Law and legislation--Ohio. Abortion--Law and legislation--Oklahoma. Abortion--Law and legislation--Pennsylvania. Abortion--Law and legislation--South Dakota. Abortion--Law and legislation--Texas. Abortion--Law and legislation--Utah. Abortion--Law and legislation--Vermont. Abortion--Law and legislation--Virginia. Abortion--Law and legislation--Wisconsin. Detailed Description of the Collection Abortion Cases

Files of cases brought before state and federal courts including litigation papers and correspondence, arranged by state and chronologically within each state.

 1 ARIZONA 1 Planned Parenthood v. Nelson CALIFORNIA 1 California v. Belous 1 Major v. California -- Brief Amicus Curiae 1 Abortion Test Cases: Ali, Helth -All Decisions 1 Gwynne v. Hicks -- Correspondence 1 Calif.: Gwynne v. Hicks 1 Gwynne v. Hicks 1 Transcript of Proceedings 1 Petition for Writ of Prohibition 1 Petition for Hearing by Supreme Court 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 1 Miscellaneous 1 Overstreet v. Younger -- Drafts of complaint 1 Overstreet case 1 Litigation Correspondence 1 Extra Copies 1 Facts re: Plaintiff 1 Facts re: Abortion in Calif. 1 Drafts of Brief 1 Correspondence -- 3rd Party 1 Litigation Papers 1 California v. Barksdale 1 Correspondence 1 Litigation Papers 1 Request to file Brief Amicus Curiae (2 copies) 1 Brief of Amicus Curiae (Lucas) 1 Brief of Amici Curiae (ZPG) 1 Answer to Brief Amicus Curiae (Robb) 1 Answer to Brief Amicus Curiae (Musick) 1 Decisions 2 California v. Pettigrew -- Opinions 2 COLORADO 2 Doe v. Dunbar 2 Original Litigation Papers 2 Correspondence 2 Memorandum of Law 2 Appendix II to Memorandum of Law 2 Litigation Papers (copies) 2 Facts 2 2 CONNECTICUT 2 Abele v. Markle -- Litigation Papers 2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2 U.S. v. Verges 2 WONAAC v. D.C. Council 2 Working Copy of Record 3 Record -- Vol. I 3 Record -- Vol. II 3 No. III 4 No. IV 4 Coleman, Summit v. Washington 4 Complaint (Extras) 4 Record 4 Pre-Birth v. Nevius 4 Complaint (Extras) 4 Record 4 Preterm v. Washington 4 Record Vol. I 4 Record Vol. II 4 U.S. v. Vuitch 4 Correspondence 4 Research -- Vagueness 4 Research -- Jurisdiction 4 Research -- Privacy 4 Litigation Papers (copies) 5 Litigation Papers (Briefs) 5 Clippings 5 D.C. Abortion Cases: Affidavit 5 U.S. v. Vuitch -- Memorandum Opinion 5 Patient Residence Study 5 U.S. v. Vuitch 5 Motion to Affirm (2 copies) 5 Brief FLORIDA 5 Florida v. Auslander -Record 5 Militana v. Univ. of Miami -- Correspondence 5 Militana case 5 Petition for Writ of Certiorari 5 Opinions 5 Poe v. Gerstein -- Jurisdictional Statement GEORGIA 5 Doe v. Bolton -- Correspondence 5 Criminal Code of Georgia 5 Doe v. Bolton 5 Motion to Intervene (2 copies) 5 Amicus Draft 5 Brief Amicus Curiae (2 copies) 6 Transcript of Oral Argument 6 Opinions 6 Brief Amicus Curiae against Rehearing 6 Supplemental Appendix to Brief Amicus Curiae (3 copies)> 6 IOWA 6 Smith v. Iowa Liquor Control Commission -- Record 6 Tinker v. DesMoines -- Correspondence 6 Tinker case -- Briefs 7 Tinker v. DesMoines -- Opinions 7 KANSAS 7 State v. Jamieson -- Letter from Roy Lucas (files returned) 7 Stapleton v. Mitchell -- Opinion 7 Douglass Hospital: General Correspondence (Poe v, Menghini) 7 Douglass Hospital: Litigation 7 Douglass Hospital: Weller 7 Linda Gutknecht case -- Facts 7 Douglass Hospital case -- Hospitals in Kansas 7 Douglass Hospital case -- Attorney General Opinion 7 A Guide to Problem Pregnancy Counseling 7 Poe v. Menghini 7 Set of Supplemental Brief and Exhibits 7 Litigation Papers 7 Notes 7 Opinions 7 Mounted News Clippings 7 Poe v. Menghini -- Miscellaneous 7 KENTUCKY 7 Crossen v. Breckenridge -- Memorandum of Law 7 LOUISIANA 7 Knight v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners 7 Louisiana: Rosen v. Board 7 Facts, Trial, Data 7 Correspondence 7 State Law Matters 7 Litigation Papers 8 Rosen v. Louisiana State Board -- Jurisdictional Statement 8 Rosen v. Board -- Litigation Papers 8 Rosen v. Louisiana State Board -- Decisions 8 Louisiana v. Scott 8 MARYLAND 8 Lashley v. Maryland 8 Maryland: Vuitch v. Maryland 8 Preliminary Drafts 8 Copies of Briefs and Litigation Papers 8 Petition for Writ of Certiorari 8 Brief of Amici Curiae (3 copies) 8 State v. Vuitch (Towsen case) -- Exhibits to Brief 8 Vuitch v. Maryland 8 Appendix A for Amici Curiae 8 Appendix B 8 Maryland: Vuitch v. Maryland 8 Facts re: Hospitals 8 State Law 8 Correspondence 9 Maryland v. Vuitch -- Litigation Correspondence 9 Vuitch v. State (II) -- Litigation Papers and Correspondence 9 Vuitch v. Maryland -- Litigation Papers 9 Maryland v. Vuitch -- Litigation Papers (2) 9 Maryland Abortion: Clippings 9 Maryland v. Vuitch -- Opinions 9 Vuitch v. Hardy 9 Correspondence 9 Litigation Papers and Correspondence (3) 9 Appeal and/or Application for Bail 10 Research Material -- Merits 10 CA4 -Research Material -- Merits 10 Record (2) 10 CA4 10 Accreditation Manual for Hospitals 10 Exhibit C -- Maryland Hospital Standards (2 copies) 10 Hardy v. Vuitch -- Brief of Appellee (5 copies) 11 Hardy v. Vuitch 11 Brief of Appellee (5 copies) 11 Joint Appendix (2 copies) 11 Brief of Respondent 1971 (2 copies) 11 Brief of Respondent 1972 11 Vuitch v. Hardy -- Opinions 11 State v. Ingel 11 Post-conviction Research 11 Post-conviction Record 11 Record -- RL Copy 11 Research 11 Brief and Exhibits 12 MASSACHUSETTS 12 Commonwealth v. Hare 12 MICHIGAN 12 Michigan Abortion Case -- State v. Ketchum 12 Beebe v. Calahan 12 Mitchell v. City of Royal Oak 12 Beechnau v. Austin 12 Poe v. Scodeller 12 Litigation Correspondence 12 Litigation Papers 12 Marked Set 12 File Set 12 Extra Copies 12 Plaintiffs' Exhibit C: Means Article 12 MINNESOTA 12 Doe v. Randall 12 State Court Prosecution 12 State Law Aspects 12 Correspondence 12 Minnesota Writ of Prohibition 12 Minnesota Case 12 Jurisdictional Statement: Drafts 13 Doe v. Randall 13 Facts 13 Appearances (2 copies) 13 Original Litigation Papers 13 Hodgson: State 13 Amicus Correspondence 13 Sharood Correspondence 13 3rd Party Correspondence 13 Perry Correspondence 13 Litigation Correspondence 13 Bills, Expenses and Defense Fund 13 Hodgson v. Minnesota -- Fetal Status in Minnesota 13 Hodgson 13 Minnesota Supreme Court Cases 13 Legislative History 13 Hodgson v. Minnesota 13 Rubella Data 13 Rubella Practice 13 Rubella -- Effects -- Studies pre-1964 Epidemic 13 Rubella -- Effects -Studies re: 1964 Epidemic 13 Rubella -- Vaccination -- Effect 13 Rubella -- Vaccination, Vaccines -- Extent 13 JH -- Cases 13 Barno 13 Bernstein 14 Bob McCoy 14 McKelvey 14 Joe Pratt 14 Witnesses 14 Mecklenburg and M.C.C.L. 14 Exhibits 14 Exhibits 10-15 Re: Cooper 14 Order of Trial 14 Dr. Hodgson -- Questions 14 Hodgson: State: Drafts of Minnesota Supreme Court Brief 14 Hodgson v. Minnesota 14 Draft of Brief 14 Final Draft of Brief 14 Jurisdictional Statement (2 copies) 14 Jurisdictional Statement 14 Appellant's Brief (3 copies) 14 Minnesota v. Hodgson -- Transcript of Criminal Proceedings 14 Hodgson; State: District Court Opinion and Verdict and Judgment 14 Hodgson v. Minnesota -- Articles 14 Hodgson: State: Clippings 14 Minnesota v. Hultgren 14 MISSISSIPPI 14 McCaskill v. Mississippi 14 MISSOURI 14 State v. Burnside 15 Rodgers v. Danforth 15 Correspondence 15 Facts 15 Legislative Research -- State 15 Original Litigation Papers 15 Litigation Papers 15 Litigation Papers -- Copies 15 NEW JERSEY 15 YWCA v. Kugler -- New Jersey Abortion Case 15 New Jersey Abortion Case -- Brief Mailings 15 New Jersey Abortion Cases -- Memoranda and Cases 15 New Jersey State Law 15 Abortion Cases 15 Foetus Status 15 YWCA v. Kugler 15 Marked Documents 15 Litigation Papers (2) 16 Brief of Plaintiffs 16 Appendix A (2 copies) 16 Appendix B 16 Appendix C 16 Opinion 16 NEW YORK 16 Doe v. Lefkowitz 16 Memoranda of Law 16 Brief 16 Litigation Papers 16 Hall v. Lefkowitz 16 Hall -- Questionnaires Returned 16 Hall v. Lefkowitz 16 Background Facts 17 New York Law and Interpretation 17 Equal Protection 17 Cruel and Unusual Punishment 17 Free Expression 17 Bias and Due Process 17 Dr. Corner -- Deposition 17 Cushner Deposition 17 PP -- NYC Deposition 17 Ober Deposition 17 Pf Hall Deposition 17 Tietze Deposition 17 Pf Hellman Deposition 17 Pf Guttmacher Deposition 17 Papers Re, Pf Romney 17 Hall v. Lefkowitz 17 Correspondence 17 Litigation Papers 17 Motions to Intervene 17 Orders, Opinions, Judgments 17 D'Javid v. Lefkowitz 18 Hall v. Hogan 18 Correspondence 18 Brief of Plaintiffs (3 copies) 18 Appendix D (4 copies) 18 Brief Amicus Curiae 18 Hall v. Ingraham 18 Hall and Poe v. Columbia Presbyterian 18 Litigation Papers 18 Miscellaneous Notes on Facts 18 Hall v. Columbia Presbyterian -N.Y. Statutes Generally Minors 18 Columbia Presbyterian Guidelines on Abortion 18 Columbia Presbyterian, State and Federal Aid 18 Hall and Poe, Clippings 18 Heumann v. Board of Education -- Complaint and Drafts 18 Heumann case: 18 Prior Administrative Proceeding 18 Motions and Memoranda 18 Litigation Papers and Correspondence 18 Correspondence with Third Parties 18 Clippings, Releases, etc. 18 Litigation Papers 18 Heumann v. Board of Education 18 Letters, Affidavits, etc. 18 Generalized Legal Ramblings 19 Heumann Case, Litigation -Marked Copies 19 Heumann v. Board of Education 19 Correspondence re: Other Cases 19 Byrn v. N.Y.C. Hospitals 19 Litigation Papers 19 Copies of Litigation Papers 19 Mitchell v. Lefkowitz 19 Litigation Papers and Correspondence 19 Copies of Litigation Papers 19 Memorandum of Law for 3-Judge Court 19 Delta's Papers 19 SPS and Mitchell -- Draft Brief 19 SPS v. Lefkowitz 19 Affidavit 20 Overton v. Rieger 20 Brief for Appellant (2 copies) 20 Reply Brief for Appellants NORTH CAROLINA 20 Keenan v. Board of Bar Examiners -- N.C. Bar Residence Case 20 Corkey v. Edwards 20 General Correspondence 20 Drafts of J.S. 20 Jurisdictional Statement (3 copies) 20 Motion to Set Q's IV-VI for Argument 21 OHIO 21 Steinberg v. Rhodes -- Jurisdictional Statement 21 Ohio: Steinberg: 21 Litigation Correspondence 21 Correspondence with Third Parties 21 Drafts of Jurisdictional Statement 21 Useful Data 21 Litigation Papers 21 State Law on Abortion 21 Tort and Property Law 21 Clippings 21 OKLAHOMA 21 Henrie v. Blankenship -- Oklahoma State Law 21 Henrie: Oklahoma 21 Federal Habeas Corpus and Jurisdiction 21 Litigation Papers 21 Oklahoma Case -- Clippings 21 Henrie, Bryan M.D. -- Abortion Prosecution 21 Henrie v. Blankenship 21 Litigation Papers 21 Dr. Henrie's Manuscripts 21 PENNSYLVANIA 21 McGarvey v. Magee -- Women's Hospital 22 SOUTH DAKOTA 22 South Dakota: Munson v. South Dakota -- U.S. Supreme Court Record 22 South Dakota Abortion Case: Opinion -- South Dakota Supreme Court 22 Munson v. South Dakota -- Jurisdictional Statement (4 copies) 22 South Dakota v. Munson -- Respondents' Brief 22 South Dakota: State v. Munson 22 Litigation Papers 22 Correspondence 22 Miscellaneous 22 State Law Aspects 22 TEXAS 22 Veevers v. Texas 22 Tate v. Short (Texas) 22 Tex.: Roe v. Wade: Correspondence 22 Roe v. Wade -- Litigation Papers (2) 23 Tex.: Roe v. Wade 23 Argument on Jurisdiction 23 Jurisdictional Statement (Drafts) 23 Jurisdictional Statement (Copies) 23 Jurisdictional Statement -- Appendix 23 Tex.: Roe v. Wade: Clippings 23 Roe v. Wade 23 State Law Matters 23 Draft of Brief 23 Brief for Appellants (7 copies) 24 Brief for Amicus Curiae 24 Supplemental Brief for Appellants 24 Brief Amicus Curiae -- Rehearing 24 Oral Argument 24 Tex.: Roe v. Wade: Opinion (copies) 24 New York Times, January 23, 1973 24 UTAH 24 Utah Abortion Test Case: Doe v. Rampton 24 VERMONT 24 Vermont v. Bartlett 24 R. V. Leahy 24 Correspondence 24 Litigation Papers VIRGINIA 24 Baines v. Damville 24 Virginia Abortion Case: State v. Smitherman 24 WISCONSIN 24 Harling v. Department of Health and Social Services 24 Wisconsin case: Babbitz v. McCann 24 Wisconsin: Kennan case 24 State Papers 24 Federal Litigation Papers 24 Correspondence re: Litigation 24 Clippings Miscellaneous Correspondence

Correspondence which cannot be filed within specific cases, arranged chronologically

 25 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1969-1973, undated Lucas Papers

Papers concerning Roy Lucas including tapes of conversations, materials of the James Madison Institute and other miscellaneous material.

 25 Lucas, Roy (1942- ?) 25 Tapes of interview with Clement E. Vose, 1973 February 4 25 Transcript of tapes of interview 25 Transcript of "Firing Line" (4 copies), 1972 July 25 25 James Madison Constitutional Law Institute Miscellaneous Cases

Files from cases which were sent separately from the Abortion Cases and at a later time, arranged alphabetically.

 25 Decisions: DEF's EXl -- RL Set 25 Miscellaneous Cases 25 Abramowitz v. Lefkowitz 25 Jobe v. Oklahoma -- Brief of Plaintiff 25 Lyons v. Lefkowitz 26 Morin v. Garra 26 Certiorari Petition, Other Papers, Record 26 Petition for Writ of Certiorari 26 Brief for Defendants/Respondents 26 Brief for Plaintiffs/Appellants 26 Appendix to Appellants' Brief 26 Petition for Certification 26 Supplemental Petition for Certification 26 Ornick v. Idaho Board of Education -Nonresident 26 Litigation Correspondence 26 Poe v. Nixon Research

Files of research about aspects of abortion laws, including studies of the Constitution and state laws regarding the rights of the fetus.

 26 Miscellaneous Reports 27 Miscellaneous Reports 27 Note cards 27 Judicial Notice 27 Referral Services: Practical Medicine 27 Ninth Amendment -- Constitutional Privacy 27 Abortion: U.S. Common Law cases 27 Status of Foetus: Commentary 27 Foetus: Property Rights 27 Foetus Tort Cases 27 Pre-Natal Injuries - No Recovery 27 Pre-Natal Injuries - Recovery if Viable 27 Pre-Natal Injuries - Recovery, Not Viable 27 Foetus: 27 Wrong Death -No Recovery at all 27 Wrong Death -Recovery if Viable 27 Wrong Death -Recovery, Not Viable Publications

Copies of articles about abortion and abortion laws, including newspaper clippings about court cases, arranged chronologically.

 28 Roy Lucas, 28 "Federal Constitutional Limitations on Enforcement and Administration" 28 "Abortion Laws in the U.S. " 28 "The Abortion Revolution" (2 copies) 28 "The Right to Higher Education" (7 copies) 28 "Student Rights and Responsibilities" 28 Abortion Clippings 1967-1973, undated 28 Miscellaneous Publications