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Meta Platforms, Inc., fka Facebook, Inc., et al. v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 89920, 89921, 89922 · judgment April 24, 2026


16%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
95% interval 12%–22%
Rule 10: dissent below, circuit split argued

About 3.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Questions presented

  1. Whether the prohibition in Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act on “treat[ing]” an online service provider “as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider” bars claims that would impose liability for editorial decisions about how to publish third-party content.

  2. Whether the First Amendment protects editorial decisions about how to publish third-party content.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey B. Wall
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

For respondent

Case

Conference history

Linked docket
26A10

Proceedings

  1. Aug 07 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2026)
  2. Jul 02 2026
    Application (26A10) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 10, 2026.
  3. Jun 26 2026
    Application (26A10) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 23, 2026 to August 10, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.