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.
Category: standing in First Amendment cases
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.
Tobinick v. Novella
Dr. Edward Tobinick sued Dr. Steven Novella, a professor at Yale University Medical School, for criticizing his unusual medical treatments that he provides at his clinics in Florida and California. In a blog post on his website “Science Based Medicine,” Novella called Tobinick’s clinic, the Institute of Neurological Recovery, a “quack clinic.” Novella also took issue that Tobinick used the anti-inflammatory drug Enbrel to treat Alzheimer’s disease, as reported by an article in the Los Angeles Times.
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.
