Whether a state court's application of res judicata to deem an appeal moot based on another defendant's appeal violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and whether the Court should refine the 'actual malice' standard for public figure defamation

question presented is whether this Court should uphold and refine, or reverse the “actual malice” requirement it imposed on public figure defamation plaintiffs under Gertz and its progeny, and whether it will clarify standards relevant to the modern Internet era. ii