Employee’s Facebook status update was protected by the First Amendment
Mattingly v. Milligan, 2011 WL 5184283 (E.D.Ark. November 1, 2011) Plaintiff worked in the county clerk’s office. Her old boss, whom she had supported in the election, lost. Her new boss (the...
View ArticleSchool district has to stop filtering web content
PFLAG v. Camdenton R–III School Dist., 2012 WL 510877 (W.D.Mo. Feb. 16, 2012) Several website publishers that provide supportive resources directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)...
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Does the constitution protect anonymity?
Yes, the constitution protects one’s right to speak anonymously, but only to a certain extent. The question of one’s First Amendment right to speak anonymously comes up pretty often in situations where...
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Eighth Circuit rules against students’ free speech claim over offensive website
S.J.W. v. Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, No. 12-1727 (8th Cir. October 17, 2012) Plaintiffs (twin brothers) created a blog that contained offensive, racist and sexually explicit content targeting...
View ArticleCourt won’t ban Gawker from posting Hulk Hogan sex tape
Bollea v. Gawker Media, LLC, 2012 WL 5509624 (M.D.Fla. November 14, 2012) A few years ago someone surreptitiously filmed Hulk Hogan cavorting in bed with a woman not his wife. Gawker got a copy through...
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Hulk Hogan sex tape redux: Another court holds Gawker had First Amendment...
As we discussed here on internetcases back in November 2012, someone surreptitiously filmed Hulk Hogan engaged in sex acts with someone other than his wife. When Gawker posted an article and video...
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Injunction against blogger violated the First Amendment
Prohibiting former tenant from blogging about landlord was unconstitutional prior restraint against speech. Defendants wrote several blog posts critical of their former commercial landlord. The...
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Police department did not violate First Amendment by demoting officer who...
Case illustrates the “frequent gamble” one makes when posting on social media. When you hear about Georgia, the name Duke, dealing with the cops, and the Confederate flag, you think Hazzard County,...
View ArticleCalifornia court okays lawsuit against mugshot posting website
The Court of Appeal of California has held that defendant website operator – who posted arrestees’ mugshots and names, and generated revenue from advertisements using arrestees’ names and by accepting...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit sides with Backpage in free speech suit against sheriff
Backpage is an infamous classified ads website that provides an online forum for users to post ads relating to adult services. The sheriff of Cook County, Illinois (i.e. Chicago) sent letters to the...
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