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| | | Scheidler, et al., v. National Organization for Women, et al (doc. #: 04-1244) (2005)
[Findlaw]
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Argument Date
| 11/30/2005 |
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Decided
| 02/28/2006 |
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Supreme Court Vote
| 8-0 |
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Note
| Lyle Denniston (SCOTUS): Filed in 1986, the case brought by abortion rights advocates seeking to use the 1970 RICO anti-racketeering law to stop clinic blockades is back at the Court for the third time. |
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Supreme Court Ruling
| Free expression claim sustained (Hobbs Act = inapplicable to abortion clinic protests) |
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| | | Issue | Whether the federal Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. 1951) criminalizes only extortion and robbery, or whether it also sweeps more broadly and bans acts of violence or threats of violence that obstruct interstate commerce, whether or not those acts or threats involve extortion or robbery. | |
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Majority Opinion
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Breyer, J. |
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Certiorari Granted
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06/28/2005 |
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Lower Court
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7th Circuit |
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Lower Court Ruling
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Free expression claim denied |
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