No. 23-822

Nicholas Sandmann v. New York Times Company, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: fact-vs-opinion first-amendment free-speech milkovich-standard milkovich-v-lorain opinion opinion-doctrine sensory-impressions sixth-circuit
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-03-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do statements conveying observed sensory impressions in factual, descriptive terms constitute protected 'opinion' under the First Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Do statements conveying observed sensory impressions in factual, descriptive terms constitute protected “opinion” under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States? 2. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit effectively eliminate the distinction between fact and opinion articulated in Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Company, 497 U.S. 1 (1990)?

Docket Entries

2024-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
2024-02-21
Waiver of right of respondents ABC News, Inc.; ABC News Interactive, Inc., The Walt Disney Company to respond filed.
2024-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent New York Times Company to respond filed.
2024-02-21
Waiver of right of respondents Gannett Co., Inc. and Gannett Sattelite Information Network, LLC to respond filed.
2024-02-21
Waiver of right of respondents CBS News Inc., ViacomCBS Inc. (n/k/a Paramount Global), and CBS Interactive Inc. to respond filed.
2024-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent Rolling Stone, LLC and Penske Media Corporation to respond filed.
2024-01-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 29, 2024)

Attorneys

ABC News, Inc.; ABC News Interactive, Inc., The Walt Disney Company
Nathan E. SiegelDavis Wright Tremaine LLP, Respondent
CBS News Inc., ViacomCBS Inc. (n/k/a Paramount Global), and CBS Interactive Inc.
Natalie J SpearsDentons US LLP, Respondent
Gannett Co., Inc. and Gannett Sattelite Information Network, LLC
Michael Patrick AbateKaplan Johnson Abate & Bird LLP, Respondent
New York Times Company
John Charles GreinerFaruki PLL, Respondent
Nicholas Sandmann
Todd Vanderveer McMurtryHemmer Wessels McMurtry PLLC, Petitioner
Rolling Stone, LLC and Penske Media Corporation
Jason Patrick RenzelmannFrost Brown Todd LLC, Respondent