State of Missouri v. National Organization for Women, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
This case poses serious questions concerning the First Amendment’s right of petition and the scope of the antitrust laws. The primary question with which we must deal is the applicability of the Sherman Act to a politically motivated but economically tooled boycott participated in and organized by noncompetitors of those who suffered as a result of the boycott.
Essentially, the National Organization for Women, Inc., (NOW) organized a convention boycott against all states that had not ratified the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). 1 The impact was such that the…
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