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ELLEPURPHY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION 95 DEC 13 PM 4:42 OHIO WOMEN'S MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL : BYTON CORP. and : MARTIN HASKELL, M.D., : Plaintiffs, : Case No. C-3-95-414 vs. : JUDGE WALTER HERBERT RICE GEORGE VOINOVICH, GOVERNOR, : STATE OF OHIO and : BETTY MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEY : GENERAL, STATE OF OHIO and : MATTHIAS HECK, JR., : PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO, : Defendants. : DECISION AND ENTRY GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (DOC. #2) i DEFENDANTS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SERVANTS PRELIMINARILY ENJOINED FROM ENFORCING ANY PROVISION OF HOUSE BILL 135, PENDING A FINAL DECISION ON THE MERITS; CONFERENCE CALL SET TO DETERMINE FURTHER PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THIS LITI ATION Never, since the final shot of the Civil War, over a century and a quarter ago, has American society been faced with an issue so polarizing and, at the same time, so totally incapable of either rational discussion or compromise, as is AO 72A (Rev. 8/82)