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Cite as:  591 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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Opinion of BREYER, J. 

in New Orleans (where he did obtain privileges) because at-
titudes toward abortion there were less hostile than in Ba-
ton  Rouge,  so  the  doctors’  testimony  would  be  consistent
even under the Fifth Circuit’s view.  App. 1335–1336.  Once 
again,  the  appeals  court’s  conclusion  cannot  be  squared 
with  the  standard  of  review.  Cf.  Anderson,  470  U. S.,  at 
575. 

Doe 6 

Finally,  the  District  Court  found  that,  notwithstanding 
his good-faith efforts, Doe 6 would not be able to obtain ad-
mitting privileges within 30 miles of the clinic in New Or-
leans where he worked.  The Court of Appeals did not ques-
tion Doe 6’s decision not to apply to Tulane Hospital.  Nor 
did it take issue with the District Court’s finding that his 
application  to  East  Jefferson  Hospital  had  been  denied 
de facto through no fault of his own.  250 F. Supp. 3d, at 77; 
App. 54.  But the appeals court reversed the District Court’s 
finding on the ground that Doe 6 should have (but did not)
apply  for  admitting  privileges  at  seven  other  hospitals  in 
New Orleans, including Touro Hospital, which had granted 
limited privileges to Doe 5.  905 F. 3d, at 809–810. 

Doe  6  testified  that  he  did  not  apply  to  other  hospitals 
because he did not admit a sufficient number of patients to 
receive active admitting privileges.  App. 1310.  As we have 
explained, supra, at 21–22, Doe 6 provides only medication 
abortions  involving  no  surgical  intervention.  See  App.
1308.  The State’s own admitting-privileges expert, Dr. Rob-
ert Marier, testified that a doctor in Doe 6’s position would
“probably not” be able to obtain “active admitting and sur-
gical  privileges”  at  any  hospital. 
Id.,  at  884;  see  250 
F. Supp. 3d, at 44 (finding Dr. Marier “generally well qual-
ified” to express an opinion on “the issue of admitting priv-
ileges and hospital credentialing”). 

The record contains the bylaws of four of the seven hospi-
tals to which the Court of Appeals referred.  All four directly