No. 25-770

Alan M. Dershowitz v. Cable News Network, Inc.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-31
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: actual-malice circuit-split defamation first-amendment media-liability summary-judgment
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's systematic omission of qualifying language from a plaintiff's statement constitutes proof of actual malice under New York Times Co. v. Sullivan sufficient to survive summary judgment

Docket Entries

2026-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-30
Waiver of right of respondent Cable News Network, Inc. to respond filed.
2025-12-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 30, 2026)
2025-11-06
Application (25A525) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 29, 2025.
2025-11-04
Application (25A525) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 27, 2025 to January 26, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Alan M. Dershowitz
Jay Alan SekulowAmerican Center for Law and Justice, Petitioner
Jay Alan SekulowAmerican Center for Law and Justice, Petitioner
Cable News Network, Inc.
Katherine M. BolgerDavis Wright Tremaine LLP, Respondent
Katherine M. BolgerDavis Wright Tremaine LLP, Respondent
Katherine M. BolgerDavis Wright Tremaine LLP, Respondent