Davison v. Randall’s Empirical Analysis
912 F.3d 666 · 2019
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 47 U.S.C. § 230 (Communications Decency Act § 230)
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Mathews v. Eldridge · Kentucky v. Graham · Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · O'Shea v. Littleton
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) the title of the page includes Defendant's title; (2) the page is categorized as that of a government official; (3) the page lists as contact information Defendant's official County email address and the telephone number of Defendant's County office; (4) the page includes the web address of Defendant's official County website; (5) many-perhaps most-of the posts are expressly addressed to 'Loudoun,' Defendant's constituents; (6) Defendant has submitted posts on behalf of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors as a whole; (7) Defendant has asked her constituents to use the page as a channel for 'back and forth constituent conversations'; and (8) the content posted has a strong tendency toward matters related to Defendant's office.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A fundamental principle of the First Amendment is that all persons have access to places where they can speak and listen, and then, after reflection, speak and listen more .... A basic rule, for example, is that street or park is a quintessential forum for the exercise of First Amendment rights .... While in the past there may have been some difficulty in identifying the most important places (in a spatial sense) for the exchange of views, today the answer is clear. It is cyberspace-the 'vast democratic forums of the Internet' in general ... and social media in particular.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“provid[ing] information to the public about her and the Loudoun Board's official activities and soliciting input from the public on policy issues she and the Loudoun Board confront,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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