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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA En Banc ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs-Appellees, ) ) v. ) ) ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAIN) MENT SYSTEM, and PHYLLIS BIEDESS, in ) her capacity as Director of AHCCCS, ) ) Defendants-Appellants. ) __________________________________________) SIMAT CORP. d/b/a ABORTION SERVICES OF PHOENIX; ARIZONA REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE & GYNECOLOGY, LTD., ROBERT H. TAMIS, M.D.; FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATES MEDICAL GROUP; JOEL B. BETTIGOLE, M.D.; DAMON S. RAPHAEL, M.D.; TUCSON WOMAN'S CLINIC; and WILLIAM A. MEYER, JR., M.D., Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-01-0324-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-CV 00-0334 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV 99-014614

OPINION

Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Kenneth L. Fields, Judge AFFIRMED IN PART AND REMANDED Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division One 200 Ariz. 506, 29 P.3d 281 (App. 2001) VACATED LaVoy & Chernoff, P.C. By: Christopher A. LaVoy Mark D. Chernoff - and Center for Reproductive Law & Policy By: Bebe J. Anderson Hillary Schwab Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellees Simat Corporation, Abortion Services of Phoenix; Arizona Reproductive Medicine & Gynecology, Ltd.; Robert H. Tamis, M.D.; Family Planning Associates Medical Group; Joel B. Bettigole, M.D.; Damon S. Raphael, M.D.; Tucson Woman's Clinic; and William A. Meyer, Jr. Phoenix

New York

Johnston & Kelly, P.L.C. By: Logan T. Johnston, III Attorneys for Defendants-Appellants Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and Phyllis Biedess Paul Benjamin Linton - and Center for Arizona Policy By: Lynden L. Munsil Gary S. McCaleb Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Members of the Arizona Legislature Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P. By: Leigh Anne Ciccarelli Attorneys for Amici Curiae Southern Arizona Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and Arizona Civil Liberties Union Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering By: M. Carolyn Cox - and Bonnie L. Booden Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Southern Arizona People's Law Center and National Network of Abortion Funds

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Northbrook, Illinois Scottsdale

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