No. 20-1637

Janice Dickinson v. Ryan Seacrest Productions, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: actual-malice defamation first-amendment lanham-act new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure rogers-test rogers-v-grimaldi
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Trademark Copyright Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-06-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a defendant who willfully creates a false narrative about a public figure that is marketed to the public as a true story, for the intentional purpose of misappropriating the public figure's famous mark and goodwill to market and promote a reality television program, is entitled to the benefits of the First Amendment-based defense of Rogers v. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d 994 (2d Cir. 1989) and other First Amendment-based defenses to the public figure plaintiff's Lanham Act claims, where the defendant's speech about the plaintiff was defamatory speech made with actual malice?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant who willfully creates a false narrative about a public figure that is marketed to the public as a true story, for the intentional purpose of misappropriating the public figure's famous mark and goodwill to market and promote a reality television program, is entitled to the benefits of the First Amendment-based defense of Rogers v. Grimaldi, 875 F.2d 994 (2d Cir. 1989) and other First Amendment-based defenses to the public figure plaintiffs Lanham Act claims, where the defendant's speech about the plaintiff was defamatory speech made with actual malice?

Docket Entries

2021-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-06-01
Waiver of right of respondent Ryan Seacrest Productions, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2021-05-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2021)

Attorneys

Janice Dickinson
Edward Muir AndersonAnderson Yeh PC, Petitioner
Ryan Seacrest Productions, Inc., et al.
Wook HwangLoeb & Loeb LLP, Respondent