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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations |
| Title: | Scheidler v. Nat'l Org. for Women, Inc. |
| Date: | 02/28/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1244 |
| Summary: | Physical violence unrelated to robbery or extortion falls outside the scope of the Hobbs Act. A judgment for respondents, a nonprofit organization supporting the availability of abortions and clinics that perform abortions, is reversed in a case brought under the Hobbs Act, RICO, and other extortion-related laws against individuals and organizations opposing legal abortion. |