defamation-law
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-1345 | Jon Butcher v. Cady Vishniac | Massachusetts | 2020-06-05 | Denied | Response Waived | defamation defamation-law due-process-clause first-amendment gertz-precedent gertz-v-robert-welch private-concern private-figure republication republication-doctrine | 1. Does either the First Amendment or this Court's holding in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 341 (1974) impose any limitations upon common… |
| 19-6442 | William Conrad Yeager, II v. National Public Radio, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2019-10-29 | Granted | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights defamation defamation-law first-amendment free-speech libel libel-standards media-access newsworthiness public-controversy public-figure public-figure-doctrine public-interest | Whether the petitioner, an unknown musician and independent filmmaker (NPR stated: "Nobody's ever heard of this guy. "), who fails to meet the require… |