Topic: speech deals with matters of public concern when it can be … · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Snyder v. Phelps.

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1 Snyder v. Phelps Anchor
scotus · 2011
green “speech deals with matters of public concern when it can be fairly considered as relating to any matter of political, social, or other concern to the community, or when it is a subject of legitimate news interest; that is, a subject of general interest and of value and concern to…” 24
2 Maethner v. Someplace Safe, Inc.
minn · 2019
green “under the common law, a plaintiff pursuing a defamation claim 'must prove that the defendant made: (a) a false and defamatory statement about the plaintiff; (b) in an unprivileged publication to a third party; (c) that harmed the plaintiff's reputation in the community.” 2

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