Snyder v. Phelps
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snyder-v-phelps-170-10014264
title:
Snyder v. Phelps
text:
Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U.S. 443 (2011), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that speech made in a public place on a matter of public concern cannot be the basis of liability for a tort of emotional distress, even if the speech is viewed as offensive or outrageous. On March 10, 2006, seven members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), led by the church's founder Fred Phelps, picketed the funeral of U.S. Marine Matthew Snyder, who was killed in a
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2011 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder_v._Phelps
date created:
2010-10-09T17:02:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:13:53Z
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