Remove Court Rules Remove Criminal Law Remove Felony Remove Litigation
article thumbnail

Indianapolis Police Officer Sues NFL For Defamation in Anti-Racism Campaign

JonathanTurley

to prevent the commission of a forcible felony; ?or. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. One can always litigate such a claim as a per quod case where defamation occurs by reference to extrinsic facts.

Tort 42
article thumbnail

Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

SCOTUSBlog

Kruger left WilmerHale for the University of Chicago Law School, where she taught a class in transnational litigation as a visiting assistant professor. A stint in the Obama administration, including arguments at the Supreme Court. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Maryland v. Following the U.S.

Court 110