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Roy Den Hollander v. CBS News Inc., et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 17-1719-cv · judgment January 30, 2018

Certiorari denied · June 18, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Does the First Amendment protect the news media when using speech integral to wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and allow reporters to communicate fraudulent statements about the Trump Presidential Campaign as occurred during the 2016 campaigns?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Roy Den Hollander
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Katherine M. Bolger
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 18 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 29 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
  3. May 21 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents CBS News Inc., et al. to respond filed.
  4. May 07 2018
    Waiver of right of respondents New York Times Newsroom; Megan M. Twohey, New York Times Reporter; David Brooks, Commentator for the New York Times and PBS News Hour to respond filed.
  5. Apr 17 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 21, 2018)