The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • INF-4.8: Texas and Florida enacted laws in 2021 limiting platforms' removal decisions. In Moody v. NetChoice (1 July 2024) the Supreme Court vacated both judgments on facial-challenge grounds and wrote that a state may not interfere with private actors' speech to advance its own vision of ideological balance.
  • POL-7.12: The Fifth Circuit on 3 October 2023 agreed with the district court "but only as to some of those officials" and removed NIAID and the State Department from the injunction. On 26 June 2024 the Supreme Court held 6-3 in Murthy v. Missouri that "no plaintiff has carried that burden" and so "none has standing to seek a preliminary injunction."

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 866 3 October 2023. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Missouri v. Biden, 83 F.4th 350 (5th Cir. 2023) (revised opinion), No. 23-30445
  • Exhibit 1123 7 November 2024. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Judge Oldham): NetChoice, L.L.C. v. Paxton, No. 21-51178 (5th Cir.), order on remand from the Supreme Court