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Jesus Guerrero v. Diocese of Lubbock
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Texas, No. 20-0127
Certiorari denied · November 1, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a dissent in the court below.
Question presented
Whether the First Amendment shields a religious organization from tort liability for defamatory statements made to a secular audience regarding the secular topic of child sexual abuse.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ryan Eric Price
Sims, Price & Price
For respondent
Eric Christopher Rassbach
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
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 1, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Nov 01 2021Petition DENIED.
- Oct 13 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
- Oct 12 2021Waiver of right of respondent Diocese of Lubbock to respond filed.
- Sep 09 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2021)