No. 19-729

Scott Howard Meyer v. Emily Peterson

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2019-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights custody-dispute due-process family-law first-amendment free-speech harassment-order parental-rights prior-restraint
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does one parent have a First Amendment right to criticize the other parent's parenting style and threaten litigation without risk of arrest, prosecution, and incarceration?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The legal question presented in this case arises under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution: When two parents are involved in an ongoing and contentious custody battle over a minor child, does one parent have a First Amendment right to criticize the other parent’s parenting style and to threaten litigation and public disclosure of prior misconduct without the risk of arrest, criminal prosecution, and incarceration? And, on a related note, can state courts regulate and criminalize such speech and expression through prior restraints (harassment restraining orders) without violating the First Amendment? This Court should grant certiorari in this case to resolve and provide guidance on these important constitutional questions. i

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2019-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Scott Howard Meyer
Zorislav Romanovich LeydermanThe Law Office of Zorislav R. Leyderman, Petitioner