KYLE MACH AND JEFFREY NESTLER won this year’s Keedy Cup Competition in a decision that mirrored the Supreme Court’s ruling in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.

In January, the moot court competition’s three-judge panel, like the Supreme Court three weeks earlier, ruled unanimously in Planned Parenthood’s favor, affirming a challenge to the New Hampshire law that requires pregnant minors to notify their parents before having an abortion. Lower court judges had struck down the law because it failed to provide an exception for the mother’s health.

Nestler and Mach were arguing for the respondents, Planned Parenthood, while Jennifer Hall and Marc Khadpe represented New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte. The Keedy Cup, named for former Penn Law Dean Edwin R. Keedy, culminates the school’s moot court competition, which began last spring. The four participants were selected from the entire 3L class based on their proficiency in brief writing and oral argument.

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