Daugherty v. Sheer’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 45 (§ 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 78Y (§ 25 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Conley v. Gibson · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
Most-quoted passages
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“Plaintiffs' First Amendment rights to criticize the actions of the federal government without fear of government retaliation are as clearly established as can be, and a serious escalation of an agency's investigation or enforcement against Plaintiffs for publicly criticizing the agency would appear to violate that clearly established constitutional right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“claiming that Defendants increased the intensity of the investigation in 2012 and 2013, and later in 2013 elevated the matter to an enforcement proceeding following additional public criticism by Daugherty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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