A dispute between neighbors that started over landscaping before evolving into a years-long argument over a racial slur and the free speech ramifications of a counter-protest has now drawn the attention of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

The high court has granted the petition for allowance of appeal of in the case Oberholzer v. Galapo, in which a precedential Superior Court ruling ruled that the "right to residential privacy may be violated when a listener is subjected to targeted speech, including picketing and protesting."