VENTURA v. KYLE

No. 14-3876.

825 F.3d 876 (2016)

Jesse VENTURA, also known as James G. Janos, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Taya KYLE, as Executor of the Estate of Chris Kyle, Defendant-Appellant. 33 Media Companies and Organizations; The First Amendment Scholars; Thomas More Law Center, Amici on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 13, 2016.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Levine , Washington, DC, argued, John Philip Borger , Charles F. Webber , Mary A. Walker , of Minneapolis, MN, on brief, for appellant.

David Bradley Olsen , argued, David Bradley Olsen , Court J. Anderson , John Norbert Bisanz, Jr. , Benjamin J. Hamborg , Minneapolis, MN, on brief, for appelle.

Floyd Abrams , New York, NY, Leonard M. Niehoff , Erin Elizabeth Mersino , Richard Thompson , Ann Arbor, MI, Paul Mathew Mersino , Detroit, MI, Susan Buckley , Merriam Mikhail , New York, NY, amicus on behalf of appellant.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, SMITH and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Before his death, Chris Kyle was a sniper for a United States Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) team.1 He authored the book American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (American Sniper). In the book, Kyle described punching a "celebrity...

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