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Snyder v Phelps

562 U.S. 443 (2011)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year2011
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

First Amendment; Westboro Baptist Church picketing at military funeral on public sidewalk protected speech on public issue

Area of Law

constitutional

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