No. 19-405
Nicholas Schiano, dba HotWireMedia.com, et al. v. Matt Friedman, et al.
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law defamation due-process eleventh-circuit federal-law first-amendment free-speech legal-defense motives substantial-truth
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference:
2019-11-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether substantial truth is a complete defense to defamation under the First Amendment, regardless of the motives of the speaker?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether substantial truth is a complete defense to defamation under the First Amendment, regardless of the motives of the speaker?
Docket Entries
2019-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-09-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2019)
Attorneys
Nicholas Schiano, et al.
Robert L. Sirianni Jr. — Brownstone, P.A., Petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr. — Brownstone, P.A., Petitioner