Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc. v. Southern Poverty Law Center
Petition for a writ of certiorari denied on June 27, 2022. Justice Thomas dissents from the denial of certiorari.
Issue
Whether the Supreme Court should reconsider New York Times v. Sullivan"s "actual-malice" standard or, at a minimum, cabin Sullivan"s "actual malice" standard to speech concerning public officials and be eliminated altogether for private public figures.
Oct 14, 2021Application (21A94) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 26, 2021 to November 26, 2021, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Oct 22, 2021Application (21A94) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 26, 2021.
Nov 24, 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 30, 2021)Dec 7, 2021Waiver of right of respondents Amazon.com, Inc. and AmazonSmile Foundation to respond filed.Dec 17, 2021Waiver of right of respondent Southern Poverty Law Center to respond filed.Dec 28, 2021Brief amici curiae of The Family Action Council of Tennessee and Constitutional Government Defense Fund filed.Dec 29, 2021Brief amici curiae of Regina Caeli and True Freedom Ministries filed. (Distributed)Dec 30, 2021Brief amici curiae of Public Advocate of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 30, 2021Brief amicus curiae of National Religious Broadcasters filed. (Distributed)Jan 5, 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
Jan 10, 2022Response Requested. (Due February 9, 2022)
Feb 9, 2022Brief of respondent Southern Poverty Law Center in opposition filed.Feb 22, 2022Reply of petitioner Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc., d.b.a. D. James Kennedy Ministries filed. (Distributed)Feb 23, 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
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Jun 27, 2022Petition DENIED. Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Recommended Citation: Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc. v. Southern Poverty Law Center, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/coral-ridge-ministries-media-inc-v-southern-poverty-law-center/