Scheidler v. Nat'l Org. for Women, Inc., No. 01-1118 (U.S. Supreme Court) (537 U.S. 393; 123 S.Ct. 1057) (February 26, 2003) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case the Supreme Court overturned a federal racketeering judgment against a coalition of anti-abortion groups that had conducted a widespread campaign of disrupting and blockading abortion clinics during the 1980's. The Court held that the protesters' actions, although in some instances criminal, did not fit the federal definition …
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