Legal Opinion · Dissent
Purdum v. Purdum
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided May 17, 2013No. 106,181Published
1DissentAtcheson, J.
Purdum sued Defendant Katherine C. Harcsar, his former wife, for defamation. The case has taken a detour into the legal ramifications of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, insulating religious beliefs and practices, because Harcsar made the allegedly libelous statement in a request to the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas for an annulment of their marriage. The Archdiocese sought to intervene in tire Johnson County District Court proceedings and asked that the suit be dismissed. Without reaching the merits of tire defamation claim and before any discovery had been done, the…
2Cases cited91 opinions
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- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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