new-york-times-v-sullivan

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A508 Steve Wynn v. The Associated Press, et al. Nevada 2024-11-22 Presumed Complete actual-malice anti-slapp defamation first-amendment jury-trial new-york-times-v-sullivan Whether the First Amendment's actual malice standard under New York Times v. Sullivan improperly limits a public figure's right to a civil jury trial …
23-747 Marylin Pierre v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2024-01-10 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived actual-malice civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-discipline legal-ethics new-york-times-v-sullivan professional-conduct rules-of-professional-conduct Does the actual malice test of New York Times v. Sullivan protect lawyers' First Amendment rights in disciplinary proceedings?
23A386 Marylin Pierre, et al. v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland 2023-10-31 Presumed Complete actual-malice attorney-discipline first-amendment free-speech judicial-criticism new-york-times-v-sullivan Whether the First Amendment protects lawyers from disciplinary sanctions for criticizing judges under the actual malice standard established in New Yo…
22-906 Alan Grayson v. No Labels, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-17 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actual-malice appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure defamation first-amendment new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure public-figures should-the-actual-malice-standard-be-revisited
22-29 Richelle D. Wallace v. City of Hampton, Virginia, et al Virginia 2022-07-11 Denied actual-malice constitutional-interpretation curtis-publishing-co-v-butts defamation first-amendment free-speech libel-law new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure Whether the actual-malice standard should be reconsidered for public-figure defamation cases
20-1637 Janice Dickinson v. Ryan Seacrest Productions, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response Waived actual-malice defamation first-amendment lanham-act new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure rogers-test rogers-v-grimaldi Whether a defendant who willfully creates a false narrative about a public figure that is marketed to the public as a true story, for the intentional …
19-537 Jeffrey G. Thomas v. Norman Solomon, et al. California 2019-10-24 Denied 501(c)(3)-preemption bankruptcy-automatic-stay bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure collateral-estoppel due-process frivolous-appeal monetary-sanctions new-york-times-v-sullivan public-interest standing state-court-judgment Whether a Judgment of a State Court Violates the Automatic Stay in Bankruptcy
19-63 Murphy J. Painter v. Shane Evans Louisiana 2019-07-11 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-protection defamation first-amendment government-speech new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure Does the First Amendment apply to government speech such that defamatory government speech is protected free speech?
18-602 Jodi A. Smith v. Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics LLC, et al. Florida 2018-11-07 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure defamation enhanced-appellate-review first-amendment jurisdiction legal-procedure new-york-times-v-sullivan non-media-defendant private-plaintiff standing supreme-court Whether the enhanced appellate review reiterated in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan is required for First Amendment protection in a defamation case wit…