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Supreme Court Holds That Fifth Circuit Should Have Certified State-Law Question to Louisiana’s High Court, Rather Than Decide First Amendment Question

In Mckesson v. Doe, No. 19-1108 (U.S. Nov. 2, 2020) (per curiam), the Supreme Court vacated a controversial ruling of the Fifth Circuit, holding that Louisiana tort law recognized a claim against a Black Lives Matter organizer for an injury negligently suffered by a police officer during a demonstration. Defendant Mckesson organized a protest inContinue reading “Supreme Court Holds That Fifth Circuit Should Have Certified State-Law Question to Louisiana’s High Court, Rather Than Decide First Amendment Question”