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Nicholas Schiano, dba HotWireMedia.com, et al. v. Matt Friedman, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-10742 · judgment June 7, 2019

Certiorari denied · November 25, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether substantial truth is a complete defense to defamation under the First Amendment, regardless of the motives of the speaker?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.

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

Order
Order list, November 25, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Nov 25 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
  3. Sep 20 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 25, 2019)