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Dearborn's restrictions on leafleting at the Arab International Festival are unconstitutional and the city could have to pay damages for it, a group of federal judges ruled Thursday.
In a split decision, a three-judge panel from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the city infringed on Christian Pastor George Saieg's free-speech rights by instituting in 2009 a policy prohibiting pamphleteering during the three-day June street festival.
The court further ruled Saieg could seek nominal damages against the city. Nominal damages are typically small sums intended to show the harm suffered by a plaintiff is technical rather than actual.