curtis-publishing-co-v-butts
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-29 | Richelle D. Wallace v. City of Hampton, Virginia, et al | Virginia | 2022-07-11 | Denied | actual-malice constitutional-interpretation curtis-publishing-co-v-butts defamation first-amendment free-speech libel-law new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure | New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) federalized a large swath of libel law holding that the First Amendment mandates proof of actual malic… | |
| 21-802 | Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc., dba D. James Kennedy Ministries v. Southern Poverty Law Center | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-11-30 | Denied | Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (14) | actual-malice common-law curtis-publishing-co-v-butts defamation first-amendment free-speech public-figure reputational-harm sullivan | In New York Times v. Sullivan, this Court upended common law defamation jurisprudence creating a more-often-than-not insurmountable bar for a public f… |
| 20-1063 | Shkelzën Berisha v. Guy Lawson, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-02-04 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) | actual-malice constitutional-law curtis-publishing-co-v-butts defamation first-amendment libel libel-law mckee-v-cosby public-figure | The question presented is whether this Court should overrule the "actual malice" requirement it imposed on public figure defamation plaintiffs. |