matter-of-public-concern
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-672 | Kate Adams v. Sacramento County, California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-12-10 | Pending | Amici (4) | circuit-split constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech matter-of-public-concern public-employee-speech | This case presents a clear, recognized, and entrenched conflict over the First Amendment rights of public employees: whether speech made as a private … |
| 25A362 | Kate Adams v. Sacramento County, California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-09-29 | Presumed Complete | employment-retaliation first-amendment matter-of-public-concern ninth-circuit public-employee racist-speech | Question not identified. | |
| 18-1451 | National Review, Inc. v. Michael E. Mann | District of Columbia | 2019-05-21 | Denied | Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) | defamation first-amendment free-speech matter-of-public-concern opinion-speech provably-false provably-false-factual-connotation public-concern public-policy-debate scientific-controversy scientific-misconduct subjective-opinion | Whether a statement contains a 'provably false' factual connotation is a question of law for the court, not a question of fact for the jury |