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Lowden v. COUNTY OF CLARE

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided July 1, 2010No. Case 09-11209-BCPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DECLARATORY RELIEF

THOMAS L. LUDINGTON, District Judge.

Lewis and Jean Lowden sought to attend the funeral for their deceased friend, Corporal Todd Motley, on September 26, 2007. The Lowdens were included in the procession and had a funeral flag identifying the vehicle as a part of the ceremonial travel to the cemetery. The Lowdens were detained by county sheriff deputies, arrested, and jailed for twenty-four hours because the van that they were driving in contained political information, mostly critical of then-U.S. President George W. Bush. The sheriff deputies…

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  2. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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