NetChoice v. Paxton
Media Coalition Foundation signed an amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the district court finding that the Texas law on social media censorship is unconstitutional.
Category: miscellaneous issues
NetChoice v. Attorney General, Florida
Media Coalition Foundation signed an amicus brief submitted in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that a Florida law that bars the removal, labeling, hiding speech, or suspending of accounts on certain social media websites of candidates for elected office or on certain “journalistic enterprises.”
Nieves v. Bartlett
The Supreme Court held that to prevail on a retaliatory arrest claim, the plaintiff must show that the official acted with a retaliatory motive and the act was a “but-for” cause of the Constitutional injury.
Higginbotham v. City of New York
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed Higginbotham’s First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against police officers who arrested him when he was filming an Occupy Wall Street arrest.
Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that under the circumstances of Lozman’s case, the existence of probable cause does not bar Lozman’s First Amendment retaliation claim.
Louisiana House Bill 415
Summary Louisiana HB 415 would create a right of publicity for the life of a person plus 50 years. The right applies to a person’s “identity,” which is defined as their name, voice, signature, photograph,...
Q&A with Executive Director David Horowitz on Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Media Coalition Executive Director David Horowitz discusses the importance of the amicus brief in the Supreme Court case Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus.
Press Release: Supreme Court to Hear Argument Tomorrow on Whether Courts Should Consider Challenges To Laws Which Restrict Free Speech
The Supreme Court will hear argument tomorrow in Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus.
Press Release: Media Coalition Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Affirming Standard to Bring First Amendment Challenge
In the case Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, the United States Supreme Court held that “a credible threat of enforcement” is a sufficient threat of injury to establish standing in a First Amendment case when bringing a “pre-enforcement” challenge.
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
In 2014, the Supreme Court unanimously held that “a credible threat of enforcement” is a sufficient threat of injury to establish standing in a First Amendment case when bringing a “pre-enforcement” challenge.
Press Release: Booksellers, Librarians and Publishers Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Right to Bring First Amendment Challenges
A broad range of media organizations, booksellers, librarians, and publishers, submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus.
United States v. Williams
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the pandering provision in the PROTECT Act.
Lyle v. Warner Brothers Television Productions
The California Supreme Court dismissed claims of sexual harassment against Warner Brothers. Media Coalition submitted an amicus brief highlighting the potential negative impact of a “creative necessity” test announced by the California Court of Appeals.
Yahoo!, Inc. v. LICRA (La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L’Antisemitisme)
A French court held U.S.-based Yahoo!, Inc. liable under a broad French anti-hate law for content carried on its auction site in the United States, because the site is accessible to French citizens.
General Media Communications, Inc. v. Cohen
In General Media Communications v. Cohen, the 2nd Circuit Court ruled that the Military Honor and Decency Act, a law that banned the sale or rental, at a military facility, of any material that “depicts or describes nudity … in a lascivious way” is constitutional. In PMG International v. Rumsfeld, the 9th Circuit Court affirmed the U.S. District Court’s dismissal of the lawsuit arguing that the Military Honor and Decency Act is unconstitutional.
Tattered Cover, Inc. v. City of Thornton
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that a search warrant seeking information about a book purchased by a Tattered Cover customer violated both the First Amendment and the Colorado Constitution.
United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the section of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 that requires cable operators with channels with mostly sexually explicit programming to fully block audio or visual signals at a time when children may be watching is unconstitutional.
Newton v. Slye
The U.S. District Court denied an injunction against restrictions on posting Banned Books Week material in a high school.
Virginia v. American Booksellers Association, Inc.
The 4th Circuit upheld Virginia’s “harmful to minors” display law after the Virginia Supreme Court narrowed it to apply only to the display of materials that would be illegal for the oldest minors. Before remanding the case to the 4th Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the plaintiffs’ standing to challenge the law absent the threat of prosecution.
Bay News v. Freda Roberts, Tax Collector of Mobile County, Alabama
The Alabama Circuit Court struck down a Mobile County tax on magazines that depicted nudity.
