Comprehensive guide to First Amendment cases, courts, and legal analysis.
Cyril Wohrer v. Graeme Duncan, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Cyril Wohrer, sued the defendant, Graeme Duncan, for d...
William Welch v. Julie Jones, decided by Alabama Supreme Court on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, William Welch, sued the defendant, Julie Jones, for defamation. We...
Marwan Mahajni v. Vu Do, decided by Seventh Circuit on April 13, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought ...
Kenneth Karwacki v. Josh Kaul, decided by Seventh Circuit on April 2, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction, f...
Ocasio v. Comision Estatal de Elecciones, decided by First Circuit on April 1, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a lawsuit challen...
Los Angeles Press Club v. Noem, decided by Ninth Circuit on April 1, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a lawsuit by the Los Angele...
Alfonso Verduzco Ruiz v. Pamela Bondi, decided by Ninth Circuit on April 1, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunctio...
This case involves a dispute between Bryan Mick and Barrett Gibbons. Mick sued Gibbons, alleging that Gibbons had defamed him. Mick claimed that Gibbons made false statements about him that harmed his...
Get Loud Arkansas v. Cole Jester, decided by Eighth Circuit on March 31, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction,...
This case involves Charles James Skolnick, who was a former employee of the State of Florida. Skolnick alleged that the State retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights, specific...
This case involves a dispute between Jeremy Skidmore and Michael Schinke. Skidmore sued Schinke, alleging that Schinke had defamed him. Skidmore claimed that Schinke made false statements about him th...
This case involves Gregory Holt, an inmate, who sued Dexter Payne, a prison official, alleging that Payne violated his First Amendment rights by denying him a religious diet (kosher) and retaliating a...
This case involves Rafael Pizana III, who sued Glenn Hegar (Comptroller) and Ken Paxton (Attorney General) of Texas. Pizana alleged that the state's "anti-BDS" law, which requires state contractors to...
This case involves the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (ACLU) suing the Clark County School District (CCSD) over its policy regarding student speech, specifically the distribution of non-scho...
This case involves Joaquin Avila, who sued Pamela Bondi, the Attorney General of Florida, alleging that Florida's ballot order statute violates the First Amendment. Avila, a voter, argued that placing...
This case involves Ryan Steinhoff, a former employee of the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), who sued his supervisor, Matthew Malovrh, alleging that Malovrh retaliated against him for exercising...
This case involves Daniel Grady, a former employee of the City of Wyoming, who sued his supervisor, John Cratsenburg, alleging that Cratsenburg violated his First Amendment rights by retaliating again...
Norberto Torres, a former employee of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), sued his supervisor, Kent Brookman, alleging that Brookman retaliated against him for exercising his First Amend...
Norberto Torres, a former employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), sued his supervisor, Kent Brookman, alleging that Brookman retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendmen...
Teneca Hines v. Pleasana Davison, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 18, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Teneca Hines, sued the defendant, Pleasana Davison,...
Anthony Boyce, a former employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), sued Ashley Cox, an IDOC investigator, alleging that Cox retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment ri...
Renee Waters v. Beverley L. Farrar, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns the interpretation of a settlement agreement ...
Christopher Raddant, a former employee of Douglas County, Wisconsin, sued the county alleging that his termination was a result of age discrimination and retaliation for protected activities, violatin...
This case involves John Hawkins, a former employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), who sued his supervisor, Mark Sevier, for retaliation under the First Amendment. Hawkins claimed th...
This case involves John Peterson, a former employee of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), who sued Douglas A. Collins, the Director of the IDOC, alleging that his termination was political...
This case involves a dispute between the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana (ISCSOM), an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen. The ISCSOM sought to r...
This case involves a legal dispute between the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) and Pflag, Inc., a non-profit organization that supports LGBTQ+ individuals and their families. The OAG issued a req...
CITY OF MILTON v. CHANG, decided by Georgia Supreme Court on March 12, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The City of Milton sued Chang for violating a city ordinance that prohibited "any pers...
This case involves Scot Gaither, a former employee of the City of Memphis, who sued his supervisor, Tim Lane, alleging that Lane retaliated against him for reporting a hostile work environment. Gaithe...
This case involved a former police officer, Armendariz, who sued the City of Colorado Springs and several individual defendants, alleging various claims including violations of his First Amendment rig...
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