U.S. v. SODERNA

Nos. 95-1309, 95-1333, 95-1430, 95-1488 and 95-1494.

82 F.3d 1370 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James D. SODERNA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Jacobs, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Eileen Penner (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. in Nos. 95-1309 and 95-1494.

Eugene R. Pigatti, Fiorenza & Hayes (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for James D. Soderna, Colin L. Hudson, Michael Charles Suhy, Dale R. Pultz.

Colleen K. Connell, James A. Huttenhower, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, IL, for American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin.

Deborah A. Ellis, New York City, Priscilla Smith, Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York City, for American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Feminist Majority Foundation, Nat. Abortion Federation, Nat. Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, Nat. Center for the Pro Choice Majority, Nat. Organization for Women, Inc., Nat. Women's Law Center, Wisconsin Women's Network, Women's Law Project, Women's Legal Defense Fund.

Matthew L. Jacobs, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Eileen Penner (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Kevin A. Forder, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Criminal Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. in Nos. 95-1333, 95-1430 and 95-1488.

Michael Charles Suhy, Canton, MI, pro se.

Rene L. Wright (argued), Soldotna, AK, for Marilyn R. Hatch.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The defendants appeal from their convictions for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 248, raising a variety of constitutional questions. The Act, which already has survived similar constitutional challenges in three other circuits, United States v. Dinwiddie, 76 F.3d 913 (8th Cir.1996); Cheffer v. Reno, 55 F.3d 1517 ...

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