Snyder took the case to the civil court and the civil court jury granted the verdict in his favor. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the jury's verdict on the grounds that the case was a First Amendment issue on which the civil court could not render a verdict. The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari that the verdict did not go in favor of the Snyder family. So why didn't the Snyder family get the verdict in their favor from the Supreme Court, but the civil court jury verdict went in their favor? As stated in the first paragraph, the issue was that the case involved the First Amendment and only the Supreme Court has jurisdiction for such a case. The Supreme Court reviewed the case and considered the issue raised in the case. The main issue in the case was, does "the individual's interest in suing to recover the disruption of a family member's funeral outweigh the disruptor's First Amendment right to free speech?" So no, the individual interest in recovery cannot trump the First Amendment right to free speech since the free speech clause can protect the