Scheidler v. National Organization for Women | |
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Argued December 4, 2002 Decided February 26, 2003 | |
Full case name | Scheidler v. National Organization for Women |
Citations | 537 U.S. 393 (more) 123 S. Ct. 1057, 154 L. Ed. 2d 991, 2003 U.S. LEXIS 1738 |
Case history | |
Prior | National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Scheidler, 510 U.S. 249 (1994); jury verdict and permanent injunction affirmed, 267 F.3d 687 (7th Cir. 2001), cert. granted, 535 U.S. 1016 (2002). |
Subsequent | Remanded, 91 F. App'x 510 (7th Cir. 2004); rehearing en banc denied, 396 F.3d 807 (7th Cir. 2005); cert. granted, 545 U.S. 1151 (2005); reversed, Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, 547 U.S. 9 (2006). |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Rehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Concurrence | Ginsburg, joined by Breyer |
Dissent | Stevens |
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, 537 U.S. 393 (2003), is a United States Supreme Court case involving whether abortion providers could receive damages from protesters under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.[1] National Organization for Women (NOW) obtained class status for women seeking the use of women's health clinics and began its court battle against Joseph Scheidler and PLAN et al. in 1986. In this particular case, the court's opinion was that extortion did not apply to the defendants' actions because they did not obtain any property from the respondents (NOW and the class of women).