media-law

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-8275 James Lawrence v. Hearst Communications, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied IFP arrest-reporting civil-rights criminal-characterization defamation due-process free-speech journalistic-ethics media-defamation media-law privacy substantial-truth warrant-interpretation Can a media organization repeatedly dox a past arrest insinuating conviction without clarifying if the arrest ever became a conviction?
18-584 Angela Engle Horne v. WTVR, LLC, dba CBS6 Fourth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response Waived actual-malice civil-rights constitutional-standard defamation first-amendment free-speech media-law public-figure public-official sullivan Whether this Court should overrule New York Times v. Sullivan