context: . The burdens imposed on plaintiffs here are at least as real and immediate as what every member of this court en banc seemingly recognized as having been inflicted on abortion providers by the passage of an earlier Louisiana law that "exposes [abortion] doctors to unlimited tort liability" in private suits, in part by exempting civil suits brought pursuant to that law from the limitations on liability provided in Louisiana's generally applicable Medical Malpractice Act.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 617 F.3d 336, 342
citation_a.parenthetical: explaining that the standing injury-in-fact inquiry and the ripeness hardship inquiry "overlap in practice," as each amounts to "an examination of whether a plaintiff has suffered a concrete injury"
citation_a.sentence: Okpalobi, 244 F.3d at 427 (explaining that the “impact of the statute” is "coercive in that it exposes [abortion physicians] to unlimited tort liability”); id. at 435 (Benavides, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (agreeing that "Act 825, by its mere existence, coerces the plaintiffs to abandon the exercise of their legal rights lest they risk incurring substantial civil liability”); id. at 451 (Parker, J., dissenting) (agreeing that the plaintiffs "undoubtedly established an 'injury-in-fact' ”); see also Lopez v. City of Houston, 617 F.3d 336, 342 (5th Cir.2010) (explaining that the standing injury-in-fact inquiry and the ripeness hardship inquiry “overlap in practice,” as each amounts to “an examination of whether a plaintiff has suffered a concrete injury”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 244 F.3d 427, 427
citation_b.parenthetical: explaining that the "impact of the statute" is "coercive in that it exposes [abortion physicians] to unlimited tort liability"
citation_b.sentence: Okpalobi, 244 F.3d at 427 (explaining that the “impact of the statute” is "coercive in that it exposes [abortion physicians] to unlimited tort liability”); id. at 435 (Benavides, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (agreeing that "Act 825, by its mere existence, coerces the plaintiffs to abandon the exercise of their legal rights lest they risk incurring substantial civil liability”); id. at 451 (Parker, J., dissenting) (agreeing that the plaintiffs "undoubtedly established an 'injury-in-fact' ”); see also Lopez v. City of Houston, 617 F.3d 336, 342 (5th Cir.2010) (explaining that the standing injury-in-fact inquiry and the ripeness hardship inquiry “overlap in practice,” as each amounts to “an examination of whether a plaintiff has suffered a concrete injury”).