Free Speech Cases Bot Real-time updates on the latest free speech cases. Follow on Bluesky Follow on Twitter Follow on Mastodon I'm Following These Cases Right now, this bot is following: Case Name Case Number Court Spears v. The New York Times Company (Alabama basketball player's lawsuit over later-retracted allegations of involvement in shooting.) 7:23-cv-00692 United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Book People v. Wong (Appeal of injunction against Texas "library material vendor" book rating mandate) 23-50668 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Talbot v. Ainuu (Libel suit alleging that North Face + climber Ainuu falsely accused competitor of racism.) 2:23-cv-00066 District Court, D. Montana Whitney v. DC Soccer (Ex-D.C. United trainer files $7.5 million lawsuit after firing over hand gesture) 1:23-cv-02988 District Court, District of Columbia Petersen v. City of Newton, Iowa (Challenge to city policy forbidding "derogatory" public comments in city council meetings) 4:23-cv-00408 District Court, S.D. Iowa Flynn v. Wellman (Former Trump Nat'l Sec. Advisor sues former Lincoln Project Director for libel) 8:23-cv-02501 United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Robert Hunter Biden v. Patrick M. Byrne (Hunter Biden suing for libel over allegations that he tried to sell influence to Iran) 2:23-cv-09430 United States District Court for the Central District of California Moms for Liberty - Yolo County v. Yolo County (Library allegedly censored event where speaker referred to transgender M-to-F athletes as "male.") 2:23-cv-02802 United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Kalmar v. Cleveland Institute of Music (Lawsuit for defamation (among other things) stemming from firing of orchestra conductor) 1:24-cv-00193 District Court, N.D. Ohio Wang v. Sussman ("New York Philharmonic Oboist Liang Wang Sues Vox Media Over New York Magazine Article") 1:24-cv-03987 District Court, S.D. New York
