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7 Dec 2009, 4:28 pm
"Phelps-Roper loses appeal": The Topeka Capital-Journal has a news update that begins, "The Nebraska Supreme Court has dismissed Shirley Phelps-Roper's latest appeal in a case involving a Nebraska flag-desecration law, but her attorney said the legal battle isn't over. [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 8:40 am
The suit was brought by Shirley Phelps-Roper, grand-daughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 5:44 am
On Tuesday, the AP reported on a criminal prosecution in Omaha against a different member of the Phelps family and the Church (the categories are largely co-extensive), Shirley Phelps-Roper, arising from a different funeral protest last June. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 9:56 am
"Shirley Phelps-Roper brought this action to enjoin the enforcement of the Nebraska Funeral Picketing Law, arguing that it violates her First Amendment right to free speech. [read post]
21 Feb 2009, 2:45 pm
Britain's Border Agency this week banned entry into the country of Westboro Baptist Church leaders Fred Phelps and Shirley Phelps-Roper. [read post]
24 Aug 2008, 9:29 pm
Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of the church who is a relative of Rev. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 4:15 am
Megan Phelps-Roper and her sister Grace-- daughters of Westboro Baptist Church leader Shirley Phelps-Roper, and granddaughters of Westboro's founder Fred Phelps-- have left the church, according to a report yesterday by Jeff Chu at Medium. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 4:00 am
In so doing, the court refused a request by Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of Westboro Baptist Church, to issue a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the statute . [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 8:35 pm
Yesterday anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church leader Shirley Phelps-Roper appeared at a pre-trial hearing in a Sarpy County (Nebraska) Court. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 1:05 pm
Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in Missouri has ruled that Shirley Phelps-Roper is entitled to a preliminary injunction while the constitutionality of statutes restricting where members of Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church can picket is reviewed. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 4:05 am
The Topeka (KA) Capital-Journal reports that the Westboro Baptist Church has agreed to call off its planned picketing of the funerals of victims of the Tucson shooting massacre (see prior posting) in exchange for appearances by church spokesperson Shirley Phelps-Roper on several radio talk shows.The protest at the funeral of 9-year old Christina Green was bartered for appearances on talk shows on a suburban Phoenix station and a Canadian station. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 12:00 am
Tuesday's multi-million dollar judgment against the anti-gay leaders of Westboro Baptist Church who make a practice of picketing veterans' funerals has been hailed by losing defendant Shirley Phelps-Roper. [read post]
19 Mar 2014, 4:10 am
Former spokesperson and church attorney Shirley Phelps-Roper has lost influence in the church; its spokesman is now apparently Steve Drain. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 8:59 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material at this church website offensive; BBC report], is entitled to a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of a Missouri state statute [text] banning protesters from [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 4:20 am
Sarpy County, Nebraska is close to reaching an agreement with Westboro Baptist Church leader Shirley Phelps-Roper that will lead to dismissing charges of negligent child abuse and disturbing the peace that have been brought against her. [read post]
8 Sep 2013, 7:05 am
ABP reports that Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of Westboro Baptist Church, last week filed an amended complaint in her "as applied" challenge to Nebraska's funeral picketing law. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 10:45 pm
Last week, Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, filed a lawsuit in a Missouri federal district court challenging the constitutionality of a St. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 3:19 pm
(Eugene Volokh) In Fall 2007, I blogged about a flag desecration prosecution involving the Phelpsians: [Shirley Phelps-Roper] appeared in Sarpy County Court to answer charges that she mutilated a flag and put her child in danger while protesting at the funeral of a Bellevue soldier.... [read post]
3 Dec 2006, 12:30 pm
Shirley Phelps-Roper said her group from Westboro Baptist church would protest outside the reservation "on public rights of way. [read post]
10 Dec 2007, 8:11 am
Nixon, 2007 WL 4258633, that church-member Shirley Phelps-Roper is entitled to a preliminary injunction, barring enforcement of a Missouri law against picketing funerals, until a trial can be held on the merits of Phelps-Roper's constitutional attack on the statute. [read post]
