No. 19-849

Kristanalea Dyroff, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Wesley Greer v. Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights communications-decency-act content-moderation editorial-function editorial-functions free-speech immunity information-provider internet-immunity publisher publisher-liability section-230
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Section 230(c)(1) provide broad immunity or limit the definition of a publisher?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Section 230(c)(1) of Title 47 states that no provider of interactive computer service (such as a website) “shall be treated as the publisher of any information provided by another information content provider [such as a user who posts something on the website].” The questions presented are: (1) Is section 230(c)(1) a limitation on the definition of a publisher under certain other prohibitions, or a broad grant of immunity to covered publishers, and (2) Is “publisher” in section 230(c)(1) limited to the exercise of traditional editorial functions, such as deciding to accept or reject a submission? The same questions are presented in Force v. Facebook, Inc., No. 19. The petition in Force is being filed simultaneously with the petition in the instant case. ii PARTIES The parties are set out in the caption.

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-17
Reply of petitioner Kristanalea Dyroff filed.
2020-04-06
Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until April 22, 2020, granted.
2020-04-03
Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from April 8, 2020 to April 22, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-03-23
Brief of respondent The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.'s in opposition filed.
2020-01-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 23, 2020.
2020-01-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 5, 2020 to March 23, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-01-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 5, 2020)
2019-11-12
Application (19A525) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 2, 2020.
2019-11-06
Application (19A525) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 18, 2019 to January 2, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Kristanalea Dyroff
Eric SchnapperUniv. of Washington School of Law, Petitioner
Eric SchnapperUniv. of Washington School of Law, Petitioner
The Ultimate Software Group, et al.
Jeffry Albin MillerLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Respondent
Jeffry Albin MillerLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Respondent