Legal Opinion
United States v. James D. Soderna
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 1996No. 95-1309, 95-1333, 95-1430, 95-1488 and 95-1494PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 (11th Cir.1995); American Life League, Inc. v. Reno, 47 F.3d 642 (4th Cir.1995), was passed in the wake of continuing violence against, and other forcible interference with, abortion clinics, their staffs, and their…
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