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The Peacemaker Quarterly- April 2014

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Damages Seeked and Speech Rights Issue

Women who sent a threatening letter to her doctor on her practice and contends to having experienced "an unlawful chilling effect" on her free speech and religious rights.
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sued Dillard under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The government's lawsuit seeks a court order permanently prohibiting Dillard from contacting Means or coming within 250 feet of the doctor, her home, car or business. It also seeks damages of $5,000 for the doctor and a penalty of $15,000.
Contributor: Kunal Kohli
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43064742/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

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