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NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. v. SCHEIDLER

Nos. 99-3076, 99-3336, 99-3891, 99-3892 and 01-2050.

267 F.3d 687 (2001)

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC., on behalf of itself and its women members and all other women who use or may use the services of women's health centers that provide abortions, and Delaware Women's Health Organization, Inc., and Summit Women's Health Organization, Inc., on behalf of themselves and the class of all women's health centers in the United States at which abortions are performed, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph M. SCHEIDLER, Pro-Life Action League, Inc., Andrew D. Scholberg, Timothy Murphy, and Operation Rescue, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 2, 2001.

Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell E. Sachnoff, Sachnoff & Waver, Chicago, IL, Fay Clayton, Robinson, Curley & Clayton, Chicago, IL, Sara N. Love, Arlington, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Thomas L. Brejcha, Jr., Chicago, IL, Larry L. Crain, American Center for Law & Justice, Brentwood, TN, for Defendants-Appellants at No. 01-2050.

Walter M. Weber, American Center for Law and Justice, Alexandria, VA, for Defendant-Appellant at No. 99-3336.

James A. Serritella, Burke, Warren, Mackey & Serritella, Burke, Warren, Mackey & Serritella, Chicago, IL, Edward M. Gaffney, Jr., Valparaiso, IN, S. Elizabeth Mitchell, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Palo Alto, CA, for Amicus Curiae at Nos. 99-3336, 99-3892, 99-3891 and 99-3076.

Walter M. Weber, American Center for Law and Justice, Alexandria, VA, for Defendant-Appellant at No. 99-3892.

Thomas L. Brejcha, Jr., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants at Nos. 99-3891, 99-3076.

Before ROVNER, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 29, 2001.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case is in its fifteenth year of contentious litigation. The defendants are anti-abortion activists who employ a protest tactic they call "rescues," in which they and other activists physically block access to abortion clinics so that the patients and staff cannot get in or out of the buildings. Plaintiffs use words less benign than "rescue" to describe...

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