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In the News: Federal judge rules that ‘flipping the bird’ is valid under 1st Amendment

by Lea Bickerton | Mar 24, 2009 | In the News, Obscenity, Summary Offenses

In 2006, Pittsburgh Police Officer Brian Elledge cited David Hackbart with disorderly conduct for displaying his middle finger to Elledge and an unnamed motorist. After Hackbart filed suit in federal court, U.S. District Court Judge David Cercone ruled that displaying...

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