substantial-truth

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-8275 James Lawrence v. Hearst Communications, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied IFP arrest-reporting civil-rights criminal-characterization defamation due-process free-speech journalistic-ethics media-defamation media-law privacy substantial-truth warrant-interpretation Can a media organization repeatedly dox a past arrest insinuating conviction without clarifying if the arrest ever became a conviction?
21-509 James Lawrence v. Altice USA Second Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied Response Waived arrest-warrant civil-rights defamation due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-interpretation media-defamation media-reporting standing substantial-truth Can a media lawfully portray a ONE TIME One Count of Second Degree Breach of Peace arrest as 'ARRESTED FOR STALKING SEVERAL WOMEN?
19-405 Nicholas Schiano, dba HotWireMedia.com, et al. v. Matt Friedman, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied civil-rights constitutional-law defamation due-process eleventh-circuit federal-law first-amendment free-speech legal-defense motives substantial-truth Whether substantial truth is a complete defense to defamation under the First Amendment, regardless of the motives of the speaker?