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Mckesson v. Doe

Petition dismissed pursuant to Rule 46 on March 23, 2020

Docket No.19-730
Op. Below5th Cir.

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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