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"WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a Fifth Circuit decision that allowed a Louisiana police officer to sue the organizer of a Black Lives Matter protest for injuries he suffered at the demonstration.
While local authorities have yet to identify the man involved in the attack on an unnamed Baton Rouge officer four years ago, a federal judge dismissed the officer’s case against Maryland-based Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson for failure to state a claim."
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"The district court ruled for Mckesson, but the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit revived the officer’s claim last year, finding Doe sufficiently alleged that his injuries were the result of Mckesson’s “own tortious conduct in organizing a foreseeably violent protest.”
The nation’s highest court vacated the appeals court’s order Monday morning in an unsigned opinion remanding the case back to the Fifth Circuit.
“The Fifth Circuit should not have ventured into so uncertain an area of tort law—one laden with value judgments and fraught with implications for First Amendment rights— without first seeking guidance on potentially controlling Louisiana law from the Louisiana Supreme Court,” the opinion states. "
https://www.courthousenews.com/justices-hand-win-to-black-lives-matter-activist/
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While local authorities have yet to identify the man involved in the attack on an unnamed Baton Rouge officer four years ago, a federal judge dismissed the officer’s case against Maryland-based Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson for failure to state a claim."
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"The district court ruled for Mckesson, but the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit revived the officer’s claim last year, finding Doe sufficiently alleged that his injuries were the result of Mckesson’s “own tortious conduct in organizing a foreseeably violent protest.”
The nation’s highest court vacated the appeals court’s order Monday morning in an unsigned opinion remanding the case back to the Fifth Circuit.
“The Fifth Circuit should not have ventured into so uncertain an area of tort law—one laden with value judgments and fraught with implications for First Amendment rights— without first seeking guidance on potentially controlling Louisiana law from the Louisiana Supreme Court,” the opinion states. "
https://www.courthousenews.com/justices-hand-win-to-black-lives-matter-activist/
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