By Liberty Counsel —— Bio and Archives--July 10, 2023
MONTGOMERY, AL – Liberty Counsel has joined the legal team as counsel representing the Dustin Inman Society (DIS) and its founder and president, D.A. King, in their claims against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). They assert that the SPLC defamed the organization and King by labeling it an “anti-immigrant hate group.” The DIS and King have suffered damage to their reputations and the SPLC’s “hate label” has harmed the organization and its mission regarding immigration laws. Attorneys Todd McMurtry and James McKoon will also be part of the legal team with Liberty Counsel.
In Donald A. King and Dustin Inman Society v. Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc., U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins denied the SPLC’s motion to dismiss the case on April 24, 2023, and now this becomes the first “hate group” defamation case against the SPLC that can move forward with discovery.
Todd McMurtry, a partner in Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, will be co-counsel on the legal team. McMurtry is a nationally recognized defamation attorney. He represented Nick Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, who attended the 2019 March for Life event in Washington, D.C. wearing a MAGA hat. Sandmann and fellow students encountered a Native American man and a group of Black Hebrew Israelites. Unedited video depicts Sandmann and his fellow students being ridiculed and insulted while Sandmann calmly tried to diffuse the situation. Edited video aired by media outlets made it appear Sandmann and his fellow students were the aggressors. The media coverage damaged Sandmann’s reputation. As a result, McMurtry initially filed defamation lawsuits against the Washington Post and CNN for $250 million and $275 million, respectively, for their coverage of the incident that resulted in national outpouring of hate toward Sandmann and his fellow students. The Washington Post and CNN settled the lawsuits privately in 2020 for undisclosed amounts.
James McKoon with McKoon and Gamble in Phenix City, Alabama will remain as local counsel. McKoon initially filed this lawsuit against the SPLC.
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