Baseball Fan Settles Claim in ‘Compelled Patriotism’ Case

Aug 14, 2009

A Major League Baseball fan has settled with the City of New York and the New York Yankees, after an incident in which he was allegedly booted from the stadium after leaving his seat during the playing of “God Bless America.”   Bradford Campeau-Laurion, with the legal assistance of the New York Civil Liberties Union, reportedly received $10,000 for the incident, while the NYCLU got $12,000 in legal fees.   Campeau-Laurion described the incident as follows to a local television stat
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