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Charles Johnson v. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Incorporated
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 21-20022 · judgment December 23, 2021
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Question presented
Whether the panel majority of the Fifth Circuit correctly held that a national news organization’s website that harvests visitor location data to share with third parties for targeted marketing in a forum from which it derives substantial revenue does not subject that news organization to specific personal jurisdiction in that forum for a webpage on that site that contains an alleged libelous publication.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joseph David Sibley IV
Camara & Sibley, LLP
For respondent
Nicole A. Saharsky
Mayer Brown LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Dec 05 2022Petition DENIED.
- Nov 15 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
- Nov 11 2022Reply of petitioner Charles Johnson filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 31 2022Brief of respondent TheHuffingtonPost.com, Incorporated in opposition filed.
- Sep 20 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 31, 2022.
- Sep 19 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2022 to October 31, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 31 2022Response Requested. (Due September 30, 2022)
- Aug 17 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Aug 15 2022Waiver of right of respondent TheHuffingtonPost.com, Incorporated to respond filed.
- Jul 26 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2022)