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Byron Johnson v. Kaija Freborg
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Minnesota, No. A21-1531 · judgment September 20, 2023
Before the decision, about 2.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition citing three to ten dissents, and a dissent in the court below.
Question presented
Where one private figure accuses another private figure of sexual assault in an online posting, is that “a matter of public concern” under the First Amendment?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Scott Michael Flaherty
Taft Stettinius & Holllister LLP
For respondent
Alan King
Goetz & Eckland, P.A.
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, February 20, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jan 24 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Jan 11 2024Waiver of right of respondent Kaija Freborg to respond filed.
- Dec 19 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2024)