Appellate Practice
Sep. 20, 2006
Panel Poised to Let 'Pledge' Opponent Pursue Libel Suit
He failed to get the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance two years ago, but Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow may still get to pursue a libel suit against a chaplain who criticized him on the Internet.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
He failed to get the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance two years ago, but Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow may still get to pursue a libel suit against a chaplain who criticized him on the Internet.
On Monday, a state appellate panel in San Francisco seemed inclined to let Newdow proceed with a claim that the c...
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