Snyder took it to civil court and the civil court jury returned the verdict in his favor. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the jury's verdict because it was a First Amendment issue on which the civil court could not reach a verdict. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari that the verdict was not favorable to the Snyder family. So why didn't the Snyder family get the Supreme Court's verdict in their favor, even though the civil court jury's verdict was in their favor? As stated in the first paragraph, the problem was that the case involved the First Amendment and only the Supreme Court had jurisdiction over such a case. The Supreme Court reviewed the case and considered the issue raised in the case. The main issue in the case was that "the individual's interest in suing for compensation for the disruption of a family member's funeral outweighs the right to free speech." of the first amendment of the heckler? » So no, the individual interest in recovery cannot trump the First Amendment right to free speech since the Free Speech Clause can protect the right to free speech.