PALIN v. NEW YORK TIMES CO.

No. 17-3801-cv August Term, 2018.

940 F.3d 804 (2019)

Sarah PALIN, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 6, 2019.

Amended: October 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth M. Locke , Clare Locke LLP, Alexandria, VA ( Thomas A. Clare , Joseph R. Oliveri , Clare Locke LLP, Alexandria, VA; Kenneth G. Turkel , Shane B. Vogt , Bajo Cuva Cohen Turkel P.A., Tampa, FL; S. Preston Ricardo , Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lee Levine , Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington, DC ( Jay Ward Brown , Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington, D.C.; David A. Schultz , Ballard Spahr LLP, New York, NY; David E. McCraw , The New York Times, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Walker and Chin, Circuit Judges, and Keenan.


This case is ultimately about the First Amendment, but the subject matter implicated in this appeal is far less dramatic: rules of procedure and pleading standards. Sarah Palin appeals the dismissal of her defamation complaint against The New York Times ("the Times") for failure to state a claim. The district...

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