Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Metromedia, Inc. v. April Enterprises, Inc.

492 U.S. 918

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1989-07-03
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that corporate defendant, as an "unwilling conduit," could not be held vicariously liable for acts of individual defendants
  • Liquid Air inapplicable where each predicate act did not cause separate harm to plaintiff
  • Liquid Air not applicable where each predicate act did not cause separate harm
  • initiative petition process is "core political speech" protected by the First Amendment

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pending
Cited by
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Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.