First Thursday

First Thursday


First Thursday, October 2024

October 03, 2024

LRIS Executive Director Rick Poulson goes over four cases in this month’s podcast, two involving free speech and two on prosecutorial immunity.

This month’s cases:

Ohio Security Guard’s Facebook “All Lives Splatter” Meme Protected by 1st Amendment, Noble v. Cincinnati & Hamilton Cnty. Pub. Libr., 112 F.4th 373 (6th Cir. 2024). (0:06:46)

7th Circuit Instructs That Lawyers Matter In Dismissing Sergeant’s Speech Lawsuit, Brockett v. Effingham County, Illinois, 2024 WL 3982729 (7th Cir. 2024). (0:29:31)

Absolute Immunity for Philly DA Despite Biased Prosecution of Police Officer, Pownall v. Krasner, No. 23-2049, 2024 WL 4164621 (3d Cir., Sept. 12, 2024). (0:35:58)

Bevill v. Wheeler, 2024 WL 2762493 (5th Cir. 2024). (0:46:09)