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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

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