Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York
ArgueDate=October 16
ArgueYear=1996
DecideDate=February 19
DecideYear=1997
FullName=Paul Schenck and Dwight Saunders, Petitioners
v.
Pro-Choice Network of Western New York, et al.
USVol=519
USPage=357
Citation=117 S. Ct. 855
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=The injunction provisions imposing "fixed buffer zone" limitations are constitutional, but the provisions imposing "floating buffer zone" limitations violate the First Amendment.
SCOTUS=1994-2005
Majority=Rehnquist
JoinMajority="unanimous court"
Concurrence/Dissent=Scalia
JoinConcurrence/Dissent=Kennedy, Thomas
Concurrence/Dissent2=Breyer
LawsApplied=

"Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York", 519 U.S. 357 (1997), was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court. It ruled in an 8-1 decision that speech-free "buffer zones" around abortion clinics were constitutional. The Court held that "fixed buffer zones" were constitutional, but "floating buffer zones" were not.

Paul Schenck challenged a Federal District Court injunction that restricted anti-abortion "sidewalk counselors" from approaching abortion clinic clients and others with Bibles, tracts and pro-life message. The Court ruled in Schenck's favor, striking down the restrictions as a fundamental violation of the First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 519

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Hostetler |first=Darrin Alan |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1997 |month= |title=Face-to-Face with the First Amendment: "Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network" and the Right to ‘Approach and Offer’ in Abortion Clinic Protests |journal=Stanford Law Review |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=179–223 |doi=10.2307/1229361 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External links

* [http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-1065.ZX1.html Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York] on Cornell Law
* [http://www.casp.net/cases/schenck1.html Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York] on the California Anti-SLAPP Project
* [http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/prochoicenetwork.html Paul Schenck and Dwight Saunders, Petitioners v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York et al.] on the Boston College Free Speech Library
* [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/october96/abortion_10-16a.html PBS NewsHour: "Drawing the Line"]
* [http://www.acljlife.org/ussc/Transcripts/Schenck%20Transcript.pdf Schenck v. Pro-Choice] October 16, 1996