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3 Mar 2011, 12:19 pm by firstamendmentblogger
Phelps, the Supreme Court affirmed that the First Amendment precluded the imposition of tort liability on the Westboro Baptist Church for their protest at the funeral of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 8:17 am by PunditMom
I may be a member of the Supreme Court Bar, but I would not have wanted to be one of the nine justices at the Supreme Court for the arguments in the case between Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church and the family of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 3:20 pm
Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church were within their First Amendment rights to protest at the funeral of Lance Cpl. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 6:28 am
That is the difference between what the Phelps family says it and their church is worth and the amount awarded to the family of Marine Lance Cpl. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 6:56 am by Danny Jacobs
Phelps. - While the underlying case is emotional and brings out strong reactions, the court’s actual ruling “doesn’t break any new ground,” according to Garrett Epps, a Constitutional law professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 2:01 pm by constitutional lawblogger
Phelps that the First Amendment protected Reverend Fred Phelps's hateful and harmful speech at the funeral of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder against state tort claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress... [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 10:38 am by Robert Sewell
However, this time Phelps and his followers protested against the wrong family when they protested the funeral of Snyder's son, Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 1:05 am
[JURIST] A federal judge on Monday upheld a jury verdict [opinion, PDF] finding Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find some material offensive; BBC report] guilty of intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy for staging a protest at the funeral of Lance Cpl. [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 10:45 pm
Phelps, (D MD, Feb. 4, 2008), a Maryland federal district judge ruled on a number of post-tial motions filed by Westboro Baptist Church and its leaders in the suit brought against them for their picketing of the funeral of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew A. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 11:30 pm
Fred Phelps and his two daughters who have gone around the country picketing veterans' funerals with signs protesting US tolerance of homosexuality. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:34 am by Ashby Jones
Phelps Sr., and several of his relatives selected the funeral of Lance Cpl. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 1:04 pm
A federal Judge in Maryland reduced the amount of damages that Westboro Baptist Church must pay to the father of Marine Lance Cpl. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 1:04 pm
A federal Judge in Maryland reduced the amount of damages that Westboro Baptist Church must pay to the father of Marine Lance Cpl. [read post]