No. 18-1576

Adriano Kruel Budri v. Daniel M. Humphreys

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-06-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights defamation due-process employment-dispute free-speech legislative-interpretation private-communication private-employment-dispute snyder-v-phelps statutory-construction texas-citizens-participation-act
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Does the TCPA apply to a private employment dispute that involved allegedly defamatory statements in a private intended audience and being in a private location?

2) The TCPA (Texas Citizens' Participation Act) has been changed and will take effective on 09/01/2019. Whether the change in law of the TCPA would have benefited the petitioner about the pending case or not?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the TCPA apply to a private employment dispute involving allegedly defamatory statements in a private intended audience and location?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-26
Waiver of right of respondent Daniel M. Humphreys to respond filed.
2019-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Adriano K. Budri
Adriano Kruel Budri — Petitioner
Daniel M. Humphreys
Charles Eric StevensLittler Mendelson, P.C., Respondent