No. 22-1148

North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)
Tags: breach-of-loyalty content-neutral-statute first-amendment newsgathering private-property-rights property-rights trespass
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-10-13 (distributed 4 times)
Related Cases: 22-1150 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a worker planted in a business to collect information for their true employer, and who does so in nonpublic areas of the business, is immunized by the First Amendment from an action for trespass and breach of loyalty created by a content-neutral statute of general applicability.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a worker planted in a business to collect information for their true employer, and who does so in nonpublic areas of the business, is immunized by the First Amendment from an action for trespass and breach of loyalty created by a content-neutral statute of general applicability

Docket Entries

2023-10-16
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2023.
2023-10-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-23
Reply of petitioner North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2023-06-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 9, 2023.
2023-06-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 10, 2023 to August 9, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-06-09
Response Requested. (Due July 10, 2023)
2023-06-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-05-30
Waiver of right of respondent People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2023-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 26, 2023)

Attorneys

American Farm Bureau Federation, National Pork Producers Council, North Carolina Chamber Legal Institute, North Carolina Pork Council, and Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Michael B. KimberlyMcDermott Will & Emery LLP, Amicus
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
Brett Emerson LegnerMayer Brown LLP, Petitioner
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., et al.
David Samuel MuraskinFarmSTAND, Respondent