private-figure
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-671 | Byron Johnson v. Kaija Freborg | Minnesota | 2023-12-21 | Denied | Response Waived | defamation first-amendment online-speech private-figure public-concern sexual-assault | Where one private figure accuses another private figure of sexual assault in an online posting, is that "a matter of public concern" under the First A… |
| 21-1412 | Pamela Young, et al. v. Wendy Rogers, et al. | Arizona | 2022-05-03 | Denied | Response Waived | defamation false-light first-amendment milkovich milkovich-standard political-speech private-figure reasonable-reader | 1. Whether the First Amendment immunizes a political candidate from a private figure's defamation and false light claims where the candidate publishes… |
| 19-1345 | Jon Butcher v. Cady Vishniac | Massachusetts | 2020-06-05 | Denied | Response Waived | defamation defamation-law due-process-clause first-amendment gertz-precedent gertz-v-robert-welch private-concern private-figure republication republication-doctrine | 1. Does either the First Amendment or this Court's holding in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 341 (1974) impose any limitations upon common… |