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Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

IP at the Supreme Court Series: Murthy v. Missouri

March 18, 2024 | 5:00 - 6:00 pm EDT | Online

Moderated byÌýProfessor Michael Carroll

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court.Ìý

ISSUE

Issue(s): (1) Whether respondents have Article III standing; (2) whether the government’s challenged conduct transformed private social media companies’ content-moderation decisions into state action and violated respondents’ First Amendment rights; and (3) whether the terms and breadth of the preliminary injunction are proper.

Panelists

panelists
  • Christopher Beall, Office of Colorado Secretary of State,ÌýAmicus Curiae BriefÌýof Secretary of Colorado, in Support of Petitioner.Ìý
  • Robert Corn-Revere, Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression,ÌýAmicus Curiae BriefÌýof Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression National Coalition Against Censorship, and First Amendment Lawyers Association inÌýSupport of Respondent
  • David Greene, Electronic Frontier Foundation,ÌýAmicus Curiae BriefÌýof Electronic Frontier Foundation and Center for Democracy & Technology inÌýSupport of Neither Party
  • Samir Jain, Center for Democracy & Technology,ÌýAmicus Curiae BriefÌýof Electronic Frontier Foundation and Center for Democracy & Technology inÌýSupport of Neither Party
  • Charles Miller, Institute for Free Speech,ÌýAmicus Curiae BriefÌýof Institute for Free Speech inÌýSupport of Respondent
  • Eric Sell, Center for American Liberty,ÌýAmicus Curiae BriefÌýof Center for American LibertyÌýinÌýSupport of Respondent
  • Ilya Shapiro, Manhattan Justice,ÌýAmicus Curiae BriefÌýof The Manhattan Institute, REACT 19, & Three Vaccine-Injured IndividualsÌýin Support of Respondent
  • Peter Torstensen, Jr., Montana Department of Justice,ÌýAmicus Curiae BriefÌýof Montana in Support of Petitioner

ALL BRIEFS AVAILABLE ON SCOTUSblog:


Link to Oral Argument Audio Recording

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Update:

Decision
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