media-defendant
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-981 | Fidelis Agbapuruonwu v. NBC Subsidiary (WRC-TV), LLC, dba NBC4 Washington, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2021-01-25 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-procedure civil-rights defamation due-process federal-pleading-standards malice malice-standard media-defendant pleading-requirements private-individual qualified-privilege | Whether Twombly and Iqbal require heightened factual pleading of allegations of malice in a common law defamation complaint brought by a private indiv… |
| 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… |