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Christiana Tah, et al. v. Global Witness Publishing, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 19-7132, 19-7133 · judgment March 19, 2021
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a D.C. Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
Whether a complaint by a public plaintiff alleging defamation sufficiently pleads actual malice, in the absence of direct evidence, by presenting detailed factual allegations from which, when collectively considered, actual malice could plausibly be inferred.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Rodney A. Smolla
Attorney At Law
For respondent
Chad Russell Bowman
Ballard Spahr LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Nov 01 2021Petition DENIED.
- Oct 13 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
- Sep 27 2021Brief of respondents Global Witness Publishing, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
- Aug 27 2021Brief amici curiae of Beverly Hills Bar Association, Litigation Section, et al. filed.
- Aug 20 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 27, 2021.
- Aug 19 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 27, 2021 to September 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 26 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 27, 2021)