private-figure

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
23-671	Byron Johnson v. Kaija Freborg	Minnesota	2023-12-21	Denied	Response Waived	defamation first-amendment online-speech private-figure public-concern sexual-assault	Whether a private figure's online accusation of sexual assault by another private figure is a 'matter of public concern' under the First Amendment
21-1412	Pamela Young, et al. v. Wendy Rogers, et al.	Arizona	2022-05-03	Denied	Response Waived	defamation false-light first-amendment milkovich milkovich-standard political-speech private-figure reasonable-reader	Whether the First Amendment immunizes a political candidate from a private figure's defamation-and-false-light-claims,whether-under-Milkovich's-enhanc…
19-1345	Jon Butcher v. Cady Vishniac	Massachusetts	2020-06-05	Denied	Response Waived	defamation defamation-law due-process-clause first-amendment gertz-precedent gertz-v-robert-welch private-concern private-figure republication republication-doctrine	Does the First Amendment or Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. impose limitations on defamation claims by private, non-public figures involved in private mat…