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U.S. High Court Hears Oral Arguments In Funeral Protest Case
Posted on 6 Oct 2010 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) A man who was trying to bury his dead son, a member of the U.S. military, in a "private, dignified manner" was entitled to call upon Maryland's tort law when he was prevented from doing so, the attorney... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , punitive damages , Shirley Phelps-Roper , funeral protest , Barley Snyder , Margie J. Phelps , tort law , Fred W. Phelps , Rebekah A. Phelps-Davis , Fourth Circuit , homosexuality , Privacy , Litigation , lawsuit , Sean E. Summers , military funeral , Westboro Baptist Church , Albert Snyder , free speech

U.S. Supreme Court Struggles With Funeral Protest Case
Posted on 6 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) Supreme Court justices on Wednesday pondered the vexing question of whether the father of a dead Marine should win his lawsuit against a fundamentalist church group that picketed his son's funeral. The complexity and weightiness... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , picket , Marine , military funerals , Margie Phelps , intentional infliction of emotional distress , Rev. Fred Phelps , Iraq , fundamentalist church , gays , homosexuality , Litigation , lawsuit , Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder , First Amendment , Westboro Baptist Church , Afghanistan , Albert Snyder , free speech , speech rights

Kansas Woman Drops Lawsuit Challenging Nebraska Flag Law
Posted on 23 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PAPILLION, Neb. - (AP) A member of Kansas' Westboro Baptist Church agreed Monday to drop federal lawsuits against Nebraska authorities in exchange for a prosecutor dismissing charges against her stemming from her 2007 protest outside a soldier's... Read More

Tags: military funerals , Shirley Phelps-Roper , National Guard , funeral protest law , Nebraska , Jon Bruning , homosexuality , Litigation , lawsuit , Lee Polikov , funeral protests , Westboro Baptist Church , flag-mutilation law

Judge Nixes Anti-Gay Marriage Group's Election Lawsuit
Posted on 26 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BUFFALO, N.Y. - (AP) A federal judge on Monday rejected a challenge to state election law brought by a group that opposes gay marriage and supports Republican candidate for governor Carl Paladino. The Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage... Read More

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Judge: Missouri Funeral Protest Ban Unconstitutional
Posted on 17 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - (AP) A federal judge Monday ruled that Missouri laws restricting protests near funerals are unconstitutional. Missouri legislators passed two laws in 2006 in response to protests at servicemembers' funerals by members of Westboro... Read More

Tags: Missouri , Shirley Phelps-Roper , ACLU , funerals , servicemembers' funerals , American Civil Liberties Union , homosexuality , Litigation , lawsuit , Judge Fernando Gaitan , Westboro Baptist Church , Missouri attorney general

ACLU Challenging Half-Pay For Discharged Gays
Posted on 12 Nov 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - (AP) The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the government on behalf of a gay former Air Force sergeant denied full separation pay after he was forced out under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , Air Force , military , ACLU , gay , don't ask don't tell , department of defense , 9th Circuit , Richard Collins , Cannon Air Force Base , homosexual conduct , Log Cabin Republicans , American Civil Liberties Union , Obama , homosexuality , Litigation , U.S. Court of Federal Claims , lawsuit , gays in the military , lesbian , separation pay

High Court Looks At Military Funeral Protests
Posted on 2 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

YORK, Pa. - (AP) One thing Al Snyder wants to make clear: His boy fought and died for freedom in Iraq, but not for the right of some "wackos" to spew hate at soldiers' funerals under the protection of the Constitution. "It's an... Read More

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Supreme Court To Hear Military Funeral Protest Case
Posted on 6 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The father of a Marine killed in Iraq is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a $5 million verdict against members of a fundamentalist church who picketed his son's funeral with signs like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers"... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , picket , Marine , military funerals , Margie Phelps , intentional infliction of emotional distress , Rev. Fred Phelps , Iraq , fundamentalist church , gays , homosexuality , Litigation , lawsuit , Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder , First Amendment , Westboro Baptist Church , Afghanistan , Albert Snyder , free speech , speech rights