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PHELPS-ROPER v. CITY OF MANCHESTER, MISSOURI

Case No. 4:09-CV-1298 CDP.

738 F.Supp.2d 947 (2010)

Shirley L. PHELPS-ROPER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MANCHESTER, MISSOURI, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Eastern Division.

September 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony E. Rothert, American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiffs.

Evan Z. Reid, Neal F. Perryman, Lewis Rice, Patrick R. Gunn, Gunn and Gunn, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CATHERINE D. PERRY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Shirley Phelps-Roper and Megan Phelps-Roper bring this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Manchester, Missouri, claiming that a Manchester city ordinance violates their First Amendment right to free speech. Plaintiffs are members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, whose teachings include the beliefs that homosexuality is a grave sin and American...

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