parody

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-293 Anthony Novak v. City of Parma, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Amici (5) circuit-split civil-rights first-amendment free-speech law-enforcement parody parody-speech police-misconduct qualified-immunity Whether an officer is entitled to qualified immunity for arresting an individual based solely on speech parodying the government, so long as no case h…
20-365 Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Amici (7) commercial-speech dilution-by-tarnishment first-amendment humor-defense lanham-act parody trademark-dilution trademark-infringement Whether a commercial product using humor is subject to the same analysis under the Lanham Act or must receive heightened First Amendment protection