public-concern
19 cases — ← All topics
| 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 | Where one private figure accuses another private figure of sexual assault in an online posting, is that "a matter of public concern" under the First A… |
| 23A543 | Mischa Shuman, et al. v. New York Magazine, et al. | New York | 2023-12-13 | Presumed Complete | defamation first-amendment journalistic-standards libel public-concern supreme-court-precedent | Question not identified. | |
| 23-6243 | Offie Curtis Brown, Jr. v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2023-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-provisions first-amendment free-speech jurisdictional-issue legal-standard procedural-question public-concern public-employee retaliation statutory-provisions | Question not identified. |
| 23A383 | Alessandra Nicole Rogers v. Stanton Riggs, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2023-10-26 | Presumed Complete | first-amendment garcetti-pickering group-speech public-concern public-employees summary-judgment | Whether the Tenth Circuit's application of the Garcetti/Pickering test to analyze a group's concerted speech to elected officials was appropriate in l… | |
| 23-363 | Stephen R. Porter v. Board of Trustees of North Carolina State University, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2023-10-05 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | academic-freedom causal-connection employment-retaliation faculty-hiring first-amendment free-speech garcetti-doctrine garcetti-v-ceballos public-concern scholarship teaching | I. Were Petitioner's statements about the role that diversity and equity considerations should play in faculty hiring and evaluation protected by the … |
| 22-430 | Charles Barton v. Texas | Texas | 2022-11-08 | Denied | Amici (7) | criminal-law criminal-statute due-process electronic-communication electronic-communications expressive-speech first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-concern | In Snyder v. Phelps, this Court held that speech on matters of public concern cannot be punished "simply because it is upsetting or arouses contempt,"… |
| 22-5215 | Graham Schiff v. Maryland | Maryland | 2022-07-28 | Denied | IFP | as-applied constitutional-rights content-based content-based-speech first-amendment free-speech public-concern right-to-counsel | Whether the petitioner's speech, which is content-based, on a matter of public-concern, and made while exercising one's right to counsel, is protected… |
| 21-657 | Joseph Cecil Vandevere v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-11-03 | Denied | Response Waived | conditional-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech political-hyperbole political-speech public-concern true-threat | 1) WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSUE HEREIN IS ENTITLED TO SPECIAL PROTECTION BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN? 2) WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSU… |
| 21-571 | Infowars, LLC, et al. v. Marcel Fontaine | Texas | 2021-10-20 | Denied | class-action defamation first-amendment free-speech media-organization public-concern rosenblatt-test speech-rights sullivan-test tort-actions | New York Times v. Sullivan , 376 U.S. 254 (1964) establishes that speech must be "of and concerning" a specific individual for that individual to stat… | |
| 20-358 | Randy Henry v. J. Bret Johnson, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2020-09-17 | Denied | Response Waived | circuit-split civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-employer government-employment public-concern public-employee retaliation | When a government employee speaks on a matter of public concern, may the government punish that employee (1) if the employee's interest in freedom of… |
| 20-332 | Maggy Hurchalla v. Lake Point Phase I, LLC, et al. | Florida | 2020-09-14 | Denied | Amici (2) | first-amendment free-speech genuine-belief governmental-action petition-clause public-concern tort-award verifiable-assertion | Where a person speaks to a government official on a matter of public concern, and a subsequent governmental action regarding that matter harms a third… |
| 20-252 | Gannett Co., Inc., et al. v. Ryan Larson | Minnesota | 2020-09-01 | Denied | Response Waived | defamation fair-report-privilege falsity-element first-amendment free-speech law-enforcement-statements media-reporting public-concern | "[W]here a newspaper publishes speech of public concern, a private-figure plaintiff cannot recover damages without also showing that the statements at… |
| 20-70 | Jagan Mahadevan v. Prem Bikkina | California | 2020-07-24 | Denied | civil-rights defamation due-process federal-preemption first-amendment free-speech public-concern public-interest research-misconduct scientific-integrity standing | 1. Whether federal statutory and regulatory scheme, for research misconduct, displaced state law from subject matter jurisdiction on defamation claims… | |
| 19-1375 | Aaron L. Katz v. Incline Village General Improvement District | Nevada | 2020-06-13 | Denied | civil-rights constitutional-rights fee-shifting first-amendment litigation-immunity petition-clause public-concern public-grievances punitive-statute sham-litigation standing | The First Amendment right to petition clause contains a heightened standard precluding liability when a citizen exercises his/her right to bring suit … | |
| 19-7544 | Robert M. Waggy v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-04 | Denied | Amici (2)IFP | constitutional-law content-based content-based-restrictions criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech public-concern speech-regulation telephone-harassment | Whether a statute that prohibits telephone harassment may, consistent with the First Amendment, prohibit speech on matters of public concern or impose… |
| 19-285 | Jerud Butler v. Board of County Commissioners for San Miguel County, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2019-09-03 | Denied | Amici (5) | such that it is entitled to protection under the civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-speech judicial-proceeding judicial-system judicial-testimony public-concern public-employee speech-protection | Whether a government employee's truthful testimony at a judicial hearing qualifies as speech on a matter of public concern, such that it is entitled t… |
| 18-1477 | Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. v. Michael E. Mann | District of Columbia | 2019-05-28 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) | constitutional-law defamation first-amendment free-speech opinion provably-false public-concern public-figure question-of-law-or-fact subjective-commentary | Whether the First Amendment permits defamation liability for subjective commentary on true facts concerning a matter of public concern |
| 18-1451 | National Review, Inc. v. Michael E. Mann | District of Columbia | 2019-05-21 | Denied | Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) | defamation first-amendment free-speech matter-of-public-concern opinion-speech provably-false provably-false-factual-connotation public-concern public-policy-debate scientific-controversy scientific-misconduct subjective-opinion | Whether a statement contains a 'provably false' factual connotation is a question of law for the court, not a question of fact for the jury |
| 18-857 | Patrick Boyd v. Mississippi Department of Public Safety, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2019-01-04 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-law first-amendment free-speech government-employment government-overreach governmental-supervision law-enforcement public-concern | Whether law enforcement and governmental supervisors, by mere announcement of some collective fear, without any factual basis whatsoever, may override… |