IP at the Supreme Court Series: Murthy v. Missouri

Date: March 18, 2024

Time: 5:00 – 6:00 pm ET

Location: Online (Zoom)

American University 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.

Moderated by Professor Michael Carroll.

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

• Christopher Beall, Office of Colorado Secretary of State, Amicus Curiae Brief of Secretary of Colorado, in Support of Petitioner.
• Robert Corn-Revere, Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression
• David Greene, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae Brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Center for Democracy & Technology in Support of Neither Party
• Samir Jain, Center for Democracy & Technology, Amicus Curiae Brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Center for Democracy & Technology in Support of Neither Party
• Charles Miller, Institute for Free Speech, Amicus Curiae Brief of Institute for Free Speech in Support of Respondent
• Eric Sell, Center for American Liberty, Amicus Curiae Brief of Center for American Liberty in Support of Respondent
• Ilya Shapiro, Manhattan Justice, Amicus Curiae Brief of The Manhattan Institute, REACT 19, & Three Vaccine-Injured Individuals in Support of Respondent
• Peter Torstensen, Jr., Montana Department of Justice, Amicus Curiae Brief of Montana in Support of Petitioner