media-liability
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-770 | Alan M. Dershowitz v. Cable News Network, Inc. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-31 | Pending | Response Waived | actual-malice circuit-split defamation first-amendment media-liability summary-judgment | As the District Court explained, "Of course, Dershowitz said nothing of the kind[.]" App. 71a. The court was referring to how CNN defamed Professor Al… |
| 25-268 | Alex Emric Jones, et al. v. Erica Lafferty, et al. | Connecticut | 2025-09-09 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-sanction constitutional-review defamation first-amendment media-liability public-figure | Whether a state court may impose a punitive administrative Death Penalty Sanction against a media defendant reporting on a matter of public concern th… |
| 22-1125 | Don Blankenship v. NBCUniversal, LLC, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2023-05-18 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | actual-malice constitutional defamation first-amendment media-liability public-figure summary-judgment | Whether the actual malice standard imposed on public figure plaintiffs in defamation cases should be replaced |
| 21-1030 | Peter Brimelow v. The New York Times Company | Second Circuit | 2022-01-21 | Denied | Response Waived | actual-malice civil-rights defamation due-process first-amendment free-speech government-policy media-entity media-liability new-york-times-standard race-intelligence-crime | Whether the Sullivan Malice rule should be abandoned |
| 21-298 | Bobby Wilson v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., et al. | Arizona | 2021-08-30 | Denied | Response Waived | context defamation false-publication first-amendment freedom-of-press freedom-of-speech malice media-liability speech-protection | Is a fabricated publication sufficient proof of malice? |
| 19-6544 | Bradly M. Cunningham v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-11-07 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | actual-knowledge anti-SLAPP civil-rights civil-rights-violation defamation defamation-statute discovery due-process false-light media-liability state-actor-doctrine statute-of-limitations | Whether the Court can stay this matter until final resolution of a related and dependent money damages case, or order the petitioner be allowed to obt… |
| 18-155 | James H. Brady v. Associated Press Telecom, et al. | Second Circuit | 2018-08-03 | Denied | Response Waived | accountability civil-procedure civil-rights contract-interference due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct media media-liability press-freedom standing takings | Whether news agencies have a First Amendment right to hide crimes of those in power and avoid holding them accountable |