Retired Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jesse Nieto filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court two years ago when he was not allowed to come to his job with the stickers that included that said "ISLAM (equals) TERRORISM" and a threat to defecate on the Quran.
He also had a decal to commemorate the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, in which 17 crew members died, including Nieto's youngest son.
U.S. District Judge Malcolm J. Howard says a Camp Lejeune regulation targeting inflammatory speech on base was improperly applied to Nieto's decals and not to pro-Islamic messages that may be just as incendiary. Howard concluded the application of the rule violated Nieto's free speech.
Nieto did not seek monetary damages in his lawsuit.
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