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William H. Cosby, Jr. v. Janice Dickinson
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B271470 · judgment November 21, 2017
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether, contrary to the decision of the California Court of Appeal, an attorney’s statement denying wrongdoing on behalf of a client who has been publicly accused of serious misconduct enjoys constitutional protection, as the First and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals have found.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Sarah Elisabeth Kelly-Kilgore
Greenberg Gross LLP
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
17A1341
Order
Order list, October 1, 2018 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 01 2018Petition DENIED.
- Aug 29 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
- Jul 12 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2018)
- Jun 04 2018Application (17A1341) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until July 12, 2018.
- Jun 01 2018Application (17A1341) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 12, 2018 to July 12, 2018, submitted to Justice Kennedy.