Scheidler v. National Organization for Women (2003)

Scheidler v. National Organization for Women
Supreme Court of the United States
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
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
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).