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Mckesson v. Doe

Petition dismissed pursuant to Rule 46 on March 23, 2020

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-730 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: Whether the First Amendment and the Supreme Court"s decision in NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. foreclose a state-law negligence action making a "leader" of a protest demonstration personally liable in damages for injuries inflicted by an unidentified person"s violent act there, when it is undisputed that the leader neither authorized, directed nor ratified the perpetrator"s act, nor engaged in or incited violence of any kind.

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