Legal Opinion
Snyder v. Phelps
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 24, 2009No. 08-1026PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
In June 2006, Albert Snyder instituted this diversity action in the District of Maryland against Westboro Baptist Church, Incorporated (the “Church”), and several of its members (collectively, the “Defendants”). Snyder’s lawsuit is predicated on two related events: a protest the Defendants conducted in Maryland near the fa*211neral of Snyder’s son Matthew (an enlisted Marine who tragically died in Iraq in March 2006), and a self-styled written “epic” (the “Epic”) that the Defendants posted on the Internet several weeks after Matthew’s funeral. Snyder’s complaint alleged…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by70 opinions
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