Campbell v. Reisch
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitud: 39.778231903243785
Longitud: -100.8801256788983
- Country Location (vinculado Case Law)
- United States
- Decision Date
- 16 ago 2019
- Case Status
- Cerrado
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Granted
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Declaratory Relief
- Injunction or Order Granted
- Keywords
- Filtering and Blocking
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Case Number
- 2:18-CV-4129-BCW
- Case Summary
A District Court in Missouri ruled that a State Representative violated one of her constituent’s First Amendment rights when she blocked him from her Twitter account. Reisch, a State Representative for a district of the Missouri House of Representatives, blocked Campbell for retweeting criticism of Reisch’s position on a matter of public interest. Relying on Knight First Amendment Inst. at Columbia Univ. v. Trump the Court found that the interactive space of Reisch’s Twitter account constituted a public forum, as it was used in her official government capacity, and that the blocking was a content-based restriction intended to suppress a political viewpoint.
- Case Significance
The decision does not establish a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source Name and URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression