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Scheidler v. Nat'l Org. for Women, Inc., 04-1244

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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.

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Decided 02/28/2006
Published 02/28/2006

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