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{{distinguish|text=the 2003 and 2006 cases both named [[Scheidler v. National Organization for Women (disambiguation)]]}}
{{Infobox SCOTUS case
  |Litigants=National Organization for Women v. Scheidler
  |ArgueDate=December 8
  |ArgueYear=1993
  |DecideDate=January 24
  |DecideYear=1994
  |FullName=National Organization for Women, Inc., et al. v. Joseph Scheidler, et al. 
  |USVol=510
  |USPage=249
  |ParallelCitations=114 S. Ct. 798, 127 [[Lawyers' Edition|L. Ed. 2d]] 99, 1994 [[LexisNexis|U.S. LEXIS]] 1143 
  |Prior=Complaint dismissed, 765 [[F. Supp.]] [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/765/937/2351189/ 937] ([[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois|N.D. Ill.]] 1991); affirmed, 968 [[F.2d]] [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/968/612/98510/ 612] ([[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit|7th Cir.]] 1992); rehearing denied, 7th Cir., Aug. 4, 1992; [[certiorari|cert.]] granted, {{ussc|508|971|1994|el=no}}.
  |Subsequent=Rehearing denied, {{ussc|510|1215|1994|el=no}}; remanded, 25 [[F.3d]] 1053 (7th Cir. 1994); complaint stricken in part, dismissed as to certain defendants; 897 F.Supp. 1047 (N.D. Ill. 1995); summary judgment granted in part to defendants, N.D. Ill. Sept. 23, 1997; permanent injunction granted to plaintiffs, N.D. Ill. July 19, 1999; affirmed, 267 F.3d [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/267/687/484095/ 687] (7th Cir. 2001); rehearing denied, 7th Cir., Oct. 29, 2001; cert. granted, {{ussc|535|1016|2002|el=no}}; reversed and remanded, {{ussc|name=Scheidler v. National Organization for Women|link=Scheidler v. National Organization for Women (2003)|volume=537|page=393|pin=|year=2003}}; remanded, 91 [[Federal Appendix|F. App'x]] 510 (7th Cir. 2004); rehearing denied, 396 F.3d [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/396/807/592536/ 807] (7th Cir. 2005); cert. granted, {{ussc|545|1151|2005|el=no}}; reversed, {{ussc|name=Scheidler v. National Organization for Women|link=Scheidler v. National Organization for Women (2006)|volume=547|page=9|pin=|year=2006}}.
  |Holding=The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act applies to enterprises without economic motives, including anti-abortion protesters. Seventh Circuit reversed.
  |Majority=Rehnquist
  |JoinMajority=''unanimous''
  |Concurrence=Souter
  |JoinConcurrence=Kennedy
  |LawsApplied=18 U.S.C. § 1961–1968 [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] (RICO)
}}
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'''''[[National Organization for Women]] v. Scheidler''''', 510 U.S. 249 (1994), is a [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] case in which the Court ruled that the [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] (RICO) could apply to enterprises without economic motives; pro-life protesters could thus be prosecuted under it. An organization without an economic motive can still affect interstate or foreign commerce and thus satisfy the Act's definition of a racketeering enterprise.

The Court did not issue judgment on whether or not the [[Pro-Life Action Network]], the organization in question, had committed actions that could be prosecuted under RICO.

[[G. Robert Blakey]] argued on behalf of [[Joseph Scheidler]], while [[Miguel Estrada]] represented the United States as ''[[amicus curiae]]'' in favor of reversal.

==See also==
*[[List of class-action lawsuits]]

== Further reading==
[[Joseph Scheidler#NOW_v._Scheidler]] discusses the wider course of the litigation, before and after the 1994 Supreme Court decision.

== External links ==
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