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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7048 Christopher Gerken v. Illinois Illinois 2022-02-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights courtroom-procedure due-process emotional-display fair-trial free-press motion-in-limine prejudicial-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Was Christopher Gecen's constitutional right to a fair trial violated when a pre-read newspaper article containing information barred from trial had a…
20-1627 S. S., et al. v. S. B. Pennsylvania 2021-05-21 Denied Amici (3) child-custody content-based content-based-restriction first-amendment free-press free-speech gag-order overbreadth prior-restraint vagueness Is such a 'gag order' an unconstitutionally vague and overbroad prior restraint and content-based restriction violating Petitioners' First Amendment f…
19-1383 Michael Leidig, et al. v. BuzzFeed, Inc. Second Circuit 2020-06-16 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof civil-rights credibility evidence evidentiary-standard falsity first-amendment free-press free-speech freedom-of-the-press libel media-defendant summary-judgment Does the First Amendment alter the weight to be accorded a libel plaintiff's evidence, rendering the plaintiff unable, by his or her sworn statement o…
19-90 Lexington H-L Services, Inc., dba Lexington Herald Leader v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Sixth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived civil-rights driveway-delivery first-amendment free-press free-speech municipal-ordinance news-distribution print-news time-place-manner time-place-manner-restriction Whether a municipal ordinance flatly prohibiting driveway delivery of a community newspaper but specifying alternative methods of hand delivery repres…