No. 18-1576

Adriano Kruel Budri v. Daniel M. Humphreys

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-06-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights defamation due-process employment-dispute free-speech legislative-interpretation private-communication private-employment-dispute snyder-v-phelps statutory-construction texas-citizens-participation-act
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the TCPA apply to a private employment dispute involving allegedly defamatory statements in a private intended audience and location?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW : : The 86 legislature in Texas has changed the law and having provided an guidance to the Texas : Courts about the applicability of the Texas Citizens’ ; Participation Act (TCPA) for the tests what counts , as a definition for matter of public concern from the © jurisprudence of the U. S. Supreme Court case, ; ; Snyder v. Phelps, 562 U.S. 448 (2011). : os -1) Does the TCPA apply to a private Se : employment dispute that involved allegedly defamatory statements in a -private intended : : : audience and being in a private location? © . : 2) The TCPA (Texas Citizens' Participation : ; Act) has been changed and will take effective on : . a 09/01/2019. Whether the change in law of the TCPA ; ; would have benefited the petitioner about ; the pending case or not? : ; ii :

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-26
Waiver of right of respondent Daniel M. Humphreys to respond filed.
2019-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Adriano K. Budri
Adriano Kruel Budri — Petitioner
Daniel M. Humphreys
Charles Eric StevensLittler Mendelson, P.C., Respondent